blackness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

black inkiness lightlessness pitch blackness twilight ebony penumbra night depression dark shadow darkness midnight shade despair
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Antonyms

whiteness sol lantern moonlight sunbeam white
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Hypernyms

dark darkness achromatic color achromatic colour

Hyponyms

ebony sable jet-black pitch-black coal-black soot black

Phrases with the word

blackness studies

Examples

they fumbled around in total darkness Source: Internet

in the black of night Source: Internet

After Mayne and the five other members of his commando squad galloped into the stygian blackness of the surrounding desert, the base’s terrified, bewildered personnel spent almost an hour shooting at each other in the poor light. Source: Internet

And blackness in particular, historian Nikhil Pal Singh argues, was a state of being that required “permanent supervision and if necessary direct domination.” Source: Internet

And that’s just not fair and it’s not possible because blackness is so much. Source: Internet

An overprinted clear varnish helps create the ghost images that linger, insisting on their presence through the blackness. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

blackmouth bass Blackmur blackneck blackness studies blacknesse blacknose