What is "darkness"

Darkness \Dark"ness\, n.

1. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.

   And darkness was upon the face of the deep.
   --Gen. i.

2. 2. A state of privacy; secrecy.

   What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light.
   --Matt. x. 27.

3. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.

   Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
   --John. iii. 19.

   Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From all heaven's bounds.
   --Milton.

4. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.

5. A state of distress or trouble.

   A day of clouds and of thick darkness.
   --Joel. ii. 2.

   Prince of darkness, the Devil; Satan. ``In the power of the Prince of darkness.''
   --Locke.

   Syn: Darkness, Dimness, Obscurity, Gloom.

   Usage: Darkness arises from a total, and dimness from a partial, want of light. A thing is obscure when so overclouded or covered as not to be easily perceived. As tha shade or obscurity increases, it deepens into gloom. What is dark is hidden from view; what is obscure is difficult to perceive or penetrate; the eye becomes dim with age; an impending storm fills the atmosphere with gloom. When taken figuratively, these words have a like use; as, the darkness of ignorance; dimness of discernment; obscurity of reasoning; gloom of superstition.

Old English deorcnysse, from dark + -ness. Figurative use is recorded from mid-14c. The 10c. Anglo-Saxon treatise on astronomy uses þeostrum for "darkness."

n. 1 (lb en uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light. 2 (lb en uncountable) gloom. 3 (lb en countable) The product of being dark. 4 (lb en uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color. 5 (lb en uncountable) Evilness, lack of understanding or compassion, reference to death or suffering.

1. n. absence of light or illumination [syn: dark] [ant: light]

2. an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: dark, shadow]

3. absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" [syn: iniquity, wickedness, dark]

4. an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: dark]

5. having a dark or somber color [ant: lightness]

6. a swarthy complexion [syn: duskiness, swarthiness]

Darkness, the polar opposite to brightness, is understood to be the condition of a very small amount or even an absence of visible light.

Humans are unable to distinguish color in conditions of either high brightness or darkness. In conditions of insufficient light, perception is achromatic and ultimately, black.

The emotional response to darkness has generated metaphorical usages of the term in many cultures.

Darkness is a 2002 Spanish- American horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró and starring Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini and Fele Martínez. The film was produced by Julio Fernández and Brian Yuzna. The film's plot follows an American family who moves into a house in the Spanish countryside where six children disappeared during an occult ritual forty years before; the teenage daughter and young son of the family are subjected to increasing disturbances in the house.

The film premiered in Spain on October 3, 2002, and was released in theaters across the country eight days later on October 11, 2002. It was later sold to Miramax Films for American distribution in 2003, but ended up being put on hiatus for over a year; it was eventually released in theaters in an edited, PG-13-rated cut in the United States on December 25, 2004.

Darkness (1985) is a collection of short stories by Bharati Mukherjee.

Darkness is the absence of light.

Darkness or The Darkness may also refer to:

"Darkness" is the second single released from the album The Tension and the Spark, released by Australian singer Darren Hayes in 2004. It charted at #40 in the Australian Singles Chart.

Darkness, also known as Darkness: The Vampire Version and Leif Jonker's Darkness, is a 1993 American independent horror film written, produced, edited and directed by Leif Jonker and starring Gary Miller, Randall Aviks and Mike Gisick. The film was heavily circulated on the underground horror circuit and is famous for having a large number of exploding heads in it, more than any previous film of the genre. The special effects were created by Leif Jonker and Miller, who plays a vampire hunter.

"Darkness" is a maxi-single from the recording sessions of hard rock band Aerosmith's eighth album Done with Mirrors.

The song originally appeared as the last track on the album's cassette and CD issues (it did not appear on the vinyl version). It was then issued in 1986 as the album's second commercially released single in the US (following " Shela"), and was the fourth and final promo-single taken from the album.

"Darkness" is the 10th episode of the first season of the CW television series The Secret Circle, and the series' 10th episode overall. It was aired on January 5, 2012. The episode was written by David Ehrman and it was directed by Chris Grismer.

Darkness is a poem written by Lord Byron in July 1816. That year was known as the Year Without a Summer, because Mount Tambora had erupted in the Dutch East Indies the previous year, casting enough sulphur into the atmosphere to reduce global temperatures and cause abnormal weather across much of north-east America and northern Europe. This pall of darkness inspired Byron to write his poem. Literary critics were initially content to classify it as a "last man" poem, telling the apocalyptic story of the last man on earth. More recent critics have focused on the poem's historical context, as well as the anti-biblical nature of the poem, despite its many references to the Bible. The poem was written only months after the end of Byron's marriage to Anne Isabella Milbanke.

"Darkness" is the fourth episode of military science fiction television series Stargate Universe, and is the first part of a two-part story. The episode originally aired on October 16, 2009 on Syfy in the United States, followed by being aired in the United Kingdom and Ireland on October 20. The episode was directed by Peter DeLuise, who had previously directed episodes of both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. However, he had not worked on the Stargate franchise for the previous two years. The episode was written by Brad Wright who co-wrote the pilot episode.

In the episode, the crew have to deal with a loss of power, which deactivates every system except for life support and basic emergency lighting in a few sections. The episode was watched by nearly 2.1 million viewers. Most of the episode was shot on-set at The Bridge Studios, with a few scenes shot off-set for Young's visit with his wife.

Darkness is a 1923 British silent crime film directed by George A. Cooper.

Darkness (Italian: Tenebre) is a 1916 Italian silent film directed by Roberto Roberti and starring Lina Simoni.

Darkness is a horror novel by John Saul published in 1992. Set in the fictional hamlet of Villejeune, Florida, a town shrouded by a dark, evil force. On the edge of an eerie swamp the townsfolk act out gruesome rituals to appease the dark spirit that lies within the watery fortress enveloping the village. The Andersons return to the town, and soon realize they must confront this evil head on.

Darkness is a 2016 Serbian drama film directed by Juga Radivojevića. It was selected as one of five films that could be selected as the Serbian submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.