blackness

noun

Definition of blacknessnext
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 From individual missions to tours aboard the ISS, video games have featured surprisingly often in the inky blackness of space. — William Worrall, Space.com, 30 May 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 The activity is not unlike the way US and Soviet submarines tailed one another in the Cold War, but instead of running silent and running deep, highly reflective satellites easily stand out against the inky blackness of space. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for blackness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackness
  1. dark
  2. black
  3. shadows
  4. darkness
  5. night
  6. dusk
  7. twilight
  8. gloom
Noun
  • The film works by remembering the Disney dark ride version of Spielberg that helped launch the filmmaker to fame in the first place.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Temperature control requires some attention, as the trailers can heat up quickly in direct sunlight and cool dramatically after dark.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of dark
Noun
  • An ink black Gaya Dynasty vessel is displayed in the salon and the artwork made of hanji, or Korean paper, by Chang Sup Chung, an important artist from the Korean monochromatic movement, hangs in the kitchen.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This sleek and elegant laptop boasts a rich OLED touchscreen with juicy hues and deep blacks, paired with a power-efficient Snapdragon X2 Elite processor and 32GB of system memory.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of black
Noun
  • Anderson’s character makes her entrance by suddenly popping out from the shadows, startling Kris.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Towering live oaks draped with Spanish moss lined the neighborhood, casting long shadows across the pavement as the sun began to set.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of shadows
Noun
  • Engineers will then study how the compact nuclear heating system performs during roughly 14 Earth days of darkness.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The effects would be especially disruptive in Antarctica, where observatories take advantage of the continent’s remote, dry conditions and the round-the-clock darkness of polar winter to study subtle signals such as the cosmic microwave background.
    — Arielle Frommer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of darkness
Noun
  • Hundreds of miles away, Ukrainian drone crews had barely paused after the night’s work before starting to prepare for another attack.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The numbers are vast and climbing again but during the countdown to another season, beginning on Friday night, there has been another timely marker to illustrate the rapid financial growth of the Premier League and its elite.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of night
Noun
  • Dog walking is becoming a dawn-or-dusk activity, with governments in high heat zones advising owners against midday walks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Mercury stays glued to the sun’s glare, visible only briefly at dawn or dusk and best at maximum elongation.
    — Damian Peach, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of dusk
Noun
  • All of that and more makes for an enticing season ahead, and a lot to wonder about, with the 2026 Chiefs … and their capacity to add more luster to Arrowhead’s legacy in its twilight years.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2026
  • With Swift and Kelce married and heading into the twilight of their NFL power, the heir apparent to TV face time appears to be the 27-year-old Beer.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of twilight
Noun
  • Rather than falling prey to the tech takeover doom and gloom, take the time to restrategize.
    — Claire Bahn, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The three sat inside their cars, out of the hot August gloom, and waited.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of gloom

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“Blackness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackness. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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