BLACKNESS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

blackness

noun

Definition of blackness

as in dark

a time or place of little or no light strange nocturnal noises emanated from the forbidding blackness of the forest

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Recent Examples of blackness Experts say that the biggest challenge at that extreme level of blackness is actually measuring it. — New Atlas, 26 June 2026 Hawthorne mostly succeeds at keeping the blackness in check in this foray into YA. — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026 Lighting the mood Production design includes dramatic lighting effects, intensely bright (oof, that spotlight) to sudden pitch-blackness. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026 The building jolts and is cloaked in blackness. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for blackness

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Noun

Sent from pillar to post – to the bank’s Accounts, Payments and Claims treading dark puddled basement corridors and joining seemingly interminable lines.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Some other notable details are its Super-LumiNova glow-in-the-dark features — numbers 2 and 6 glow different colors to nod to the running back’s jersey number, 26.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of dark

Noun

That sky-high figure indicates the display's ability to produce deep blacks alongside bright whites, resulting in stellar quality in both light and dark scenes.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2026
Because the decline — particularly that in traditional public schools — is greater than the district anticipated and budgeted for to start the year, the district could potentially seek additional budget cuts to stay in the black.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of black

Noun

Visions, enhanced with shadows and emotion, came to life on marble through sketching the stone and chiseling and carving entirely by hand.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
This refusal to look directly at the shadows is all the more aggravating given how often The Mosquito Bowl pats itself on the back for being clear-eyed.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of shadows

Noun

Or to be up high and see that, down below, a town is just a grid spread out on a map and nothing more, a grid that flickers with lights that spark on as the darkness commences.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Allure’s guide to permanent makeup describes artists placing individual dots and adjusting size, placement and darkness to produce a natural scatter across the nose and cheeks.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of darkness

Noun

The majority of his night was spent scrambling from a Seahawks defense that pressures the quarterback at the third-highest rate in the league.

— Sam McDowell October 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
Shai-Gilgeous Alexander scored 34 points, Ajay Mitchell had 18 off the bench, and the Oklahoma City Thunder stayed undefeated with a 108-101 victory over the Clippers on Sunday night.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of night

Noun

Not so much because the 37-year-old Kelce is revitalized in his twilight years.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Indeed, in 1986, many of the largest cities were bathed in permanent twilight, with only the brightest stars and planets visible from near city centers and with astronomically unacceptable conditions up to 50 miles (80 km) away.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of twilight

Noun

The gloom was useful for masking scavenging activities and for concealing one’s identity.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Neither maudlin nor melodramatic, and without any glorification, the song is infected by the same chilling gloom which has glommed onto the best of Messrs Linkous, Berman, and Drake.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of gloom

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