darkness

IPA: dˈɑrknʌs

(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
(uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
(uncountable, countable) Any space that such colour pervades.
(uncountable) Gloom; gloominess; depression.
(countable) The product of being dark.
(uncountable) Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
(uncountable) Secrecy; concealment.
(uncountable) Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.
(uncountable) Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.
(uncountable) Hell.

Examples of "darkness" in Sentences

A shadow is an incorporeal creature of sentient darkness.
The night is starless, with a darkness so enveloping that it seems to possess palpability.