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Darkest

Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.

📖 Definitions of "Darkest"

adjective
  1. 1

    Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.

    "The room was too dark for reading."

  2. 2

    (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.

    "my sister's hair is darker than mine;  her skin grew dark with a suntan"

  3. 3

    Hidden, secret, obscure.

  4. 4

    Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.

    "a dark villain;  a dark deed"

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Darkest"

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WordDefinition
blacknoun(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
worst(for non-slang definitions) superlative form of bad: most bad
gloomiestSuffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
murkiestHard to see through, as a fog or mist.
shadowiestnoun
pitch-blackVery dark; without light.
blackest(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
dimmestNot bright or colorful.
coal-blackAlternative form of coal black. [Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.]
ebonynoun(countable and uncountable) A deep, dark black colour.
pitchyVery dark black; pitch-black.
stygiannoun(figuratively, literary) Dark and gloomy.
tenebrous(literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure.
unlitNot lit
duskiestnounThe quality of being dusky.
lightlessLacking light; unilluminated; dark.
inkynounOf the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
sablenoun(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
sunlessWithout the sun or sunshine; shaded; shadowed.
starlessWithout visible stars.

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