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How to pronounce “darkness”
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Pronunciation guide for darkness
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of darkness with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Seeing Ourselves through Dark Moods
Throughout history, we've associated darkness
- Definition summary
- (uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
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How to pronounce darkness
Seeing Ourselves through Dark Moods

Throughout history, we've associated darkness
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “darkness”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
- (uncountable, countable) Any space that such colour pervades.
- (uncountable) Gloom; gloominess; depression.
- (countable) The product of being dark.
- (uncountable) Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
- (uncountable) Secrecy; concealment.
- (uncountable) Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.
- (uncountable) Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.
- (uncountable) Hell.
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Similar Sounds
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