dark spaces
Where light isn't
Dark spaces are areas with little or no light—physically, places like basements, closets, or unlit corners.
The phrase often carries psychological weight, suggesting hidden or unsettling territory: She avoided the dark spaces of her childhood home.
Figuratively, dark spaces can mean unexplored or troubling mental territory: therapy helped him confront his dark spaces.
- unlitNot burning or glowing
- pitch blackTotal absence of light
- shadowyObscured by darkness
- shadedBlocked from light
- obscureUnknown to most
nights · dead of night · hidden · cavern · absence · gloomy · nocturnal · veiled · labyrinthine · no man's land · abyss · grotto · tunnel · crypt · catacomb · clandestine · off the grid · inner sanctum