darkness

1. (uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.Examples: "The darkness of the room made it difficult to see."; "Over everything was darkness and thick silence, and the smell of dust and sunflowers."; "Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear."uncountable

2. (uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.Examples: "The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage."uncountable

3. (uncountable, countable) Any space that such colour pervades.Examples: "Out of the darkness came some flickers of light."countableuncountable

4. (uncountable) Gloom; gloominess; depression.uncountable

5. (countable) The product of being dark.countable

6. (uncountable) Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.Examples: "And now, the prophecy. One will come, the voice from the outer world, bringing the holy war, the jihad, which will cleanse the universe and bring us out of darkness."uncountable