blackness
pronunciation
How to pronounce blackness in British English:
UK ['blæknəs]
How to pronounce blackness in American English:
US ['blæknəs]
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- Noun:
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- total absence of light
Word Origin
- blackness (n.)
- late 14c., from black (adj.) + -ness.
Example
- 1. Then they were gone , melting into the jungle blackness .
- 2. The spirit of blackness is in us , it is in the fishes .
- 3. An abundance of blackness may be a sign of depression or other mood disorders .
- 4. Presently the blackness of the storm had become merged in the darkness of the night .
- 5. But even these don 't fully explain the planet 's extreme blackness , which is still puzzling astronomers .