darkling
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Is darkling a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of darkling?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.Examples: "She still pursued its flight, with all the speed / Her fainting strength had hitherto supplied: / What pathless wilds she crossed ! What forests darkling wide !"; "May thine autumn calm, serene, / Never want some lingering flower, / Which Affection's hand may glean, / Though the darkling mists may lower !"; "And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night"not-comparablepoetic
2. (figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.figurativelynot-comparable
noun (English)
1. (rare) Darkness.Examples: "She carried some rugs for me through the shrubbery in the darkling. "They'll think we've gone mooning," she said, jerking her head at the household. "I wonder what they make of us – criminals.""rareuncountable
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A child of darkness; someone dark by nature or who has grown dark in character.obsolete
2. (fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
3. (poetic) A demon.poetic
Definition source: Wiktionary