darknesses
States without illumination
Darknesses is the plural of darkness, used when distinguishing multiple kinds or instances of absence of light.
Physical darknesses might vary by degree or location: the darknesses of caves versus closets.
More often the word appears in figurative or literary contexts, contrasting different moral or spiritual voids: the darknesses that haunt the human soul.
Dark areas from blocked light
- blacknessComplete absence of light
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- murkThick atmospheric darkness
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
obscurity · shade · dusk · nightfall · pitch-black · twilight · penumbra · tenebrous
Act of hiding something
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- hiddennessState of being obscured
- shadowsDark areas from blocked light
- covertnessQuality of being hidden
subterfuge · clandestine · underground · unseen · veiled · shrouded · hidden · obscured
Total absence of hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
anguish · hopelessness · bleakness · desolation · torment · suffering · misery · gloom
Moral corruption or evil
- malevolenceActive ill will
- sinViolation of divine law
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- villainyCriminal or evil behavior
depravity · malice · iniquity · immorality · cruelty · brutality · atrocity · heinousness
Without legal effect
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- underworldRealm of the departed
- perditionEternal spiritual ruin
- damnationEternal punishment decree
hell · limbo · purgatory · godlessness · faithlessness · emptiness · soullessness · abandonment
Lacking awareness or information
- blindnessAbsence of vision
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- obscurantismRestricting access to knowledge
benightedness · mystification · obfuscation · uncertainty · illiteracy · unenlightenment · bewilderment · opacity
shadows
Dark areas from blocked light
dimness · obscurity · shade · dusk · nightfall · pitch-black · twilight · penumbra · tenebrous · unlit
concealment
Act of hiding something
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- hiddennessState of being obscured
- shadowsDark areas from blocked light
covertness · subterfuge · clandestine · underground · unseen · veiled · shrouded · hidden · obscured · covered
despair
Total absence of hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
sorrow · anguish · hopelessness · bleakness · desolation · torment · suffering · misery · gloom · heaviness
wickedness
Moral corruption or evil
- malevolenceActive ill will
- sinViolation of divine law
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
villainy · depravity · malice · iniquity · immorality · cruelty · brutality · atrocity · heinousness · nefariousness
void
Without legal effect
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- underworldRealm of the departed
- perditionEternal spiritual ruin
damnation · hell · limbo · purgatory · godlessness · faithlessness · emptiness · soullessness · abandonment · forsaken
unknowing
Lacking awareness or information
- blindnessAbsence of vision
- unawarenessState of not knowing
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
obscurantism · benightedness · mystification · obfuscation · uncertainty · illiteracy · unenlightenment · bewilderment · opacity · murkiness
darknesseslights
Sources of illumination
brightnesses · illuminations · radiances · brilliances · luminosities
darknesseslights
Sources of illumination
goodnesses · purities · virtues · sanctities · graces
darknessesbrightnesses
Measures of light intensity
lights · joys · hopes · happinesses · optimisms
- in darknessLacking any illumination
- pitch darknessComplete absence of light
- light and darknessPresence and absence of illumination
- winter darknessCold season's extended night
- prince of darknessSupreme evil ruler
- Heart of DarknessNovella exploring imperialism's brutality