blackness
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- noun
- /ˈblæknəs/
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negrura
- The blackness of the night sky made the stars shine even brighter.
- notions of blackness
- blackness as an identity
- experience of blackness
During the first month blackness spreads across the whole body from these parts.
- During the first month blackness spreads across the whole body from these parts.
- You could also see this blackness on the rocks down there, which I think is granite.
- Whereas, you know, the, I would say that the Maybelline and the Pat have the same level of blackness, of inkiness, same color.
- I mean, it just stands to reason this box's blackness is in the box.
Examples
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The blackness of the ink on the page was so intense that it appeared almost shiny.
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The painting captures the blackness of the coal mine, reflecting its dark and smoky atmosphere.
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And I just feel like if we all just accepted our blackness more, we would just be great.
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If not for her truth, her Blackness, then for the one she chose to love.
Fiction book (1997) -
And this painting is a reminder that my blackness is beautiful.
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But it is in language that the cultural barriers between blackness are more clearly visible.
Academic text (1994) -
The reason he's in the White House is because of his race, his blackness.
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That's what you come for... you come to celebrate your blackness.
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It is my blackness that defines my atheism.
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To this day, I think of death as a blackness full of murmurs and edged with mysterious lights.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
A state with no light, as in the night
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A deep, strong color often used in cloth or paint
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A very dark black color like deep night
A very deep black color or darkness like a night with no light
Complete darkness with no light at all
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A very strong feeling that nothing will get better and you have no hope
How Black
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blackness comes from the old English word black meaning 'black' and the ending -ness meaning 'state' or 'quality'. So blackness describes how black something is, like the deep dark color of ink or soot.