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Definition: Blackness |
BlacknessNoun1. The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white). 2. Total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blackness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Blackness All faces shall gather blackness (Joel ii. 6)- i.e. be downcast in consequence of trouble. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: BlacknessSynonyms: black (n), lightlessness (n), pitch blackness (n), total darkness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: white (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Blackness |
| English words defined with "blackness": Inkiness ♦ Jettiness ♦ Nigrescent, Nigritude ♦ Pitchiness. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Nothing fills the blackness (Come To My Window; performing artist: Melissa Etheridge) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Blackness (1960) | |
Song Titles | I'll Open My Mouth To The Lord/ I'll Be Ready (performing artist: Sounds of Blackness) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The blackness of that night in our little prairie town was like the horrible blackness that fell upon Pompeii when Vesuvius destroyed it, said Rosselyn. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | When the eye sees blackness, the mind sees trouble |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Ma could not see him at all in the blackness, but she could hear him chewing, tearing at the meat and swallowing |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | By the end of the year 2000, the Shanghai government hopes to remove the blackness and odor in the upper reaches of the river, eliminate floating waste, and increase the major index of water quality to meet the national ground water quality standard of Grade 4. For the middle and lower reaches, the government hopes to meet at least Grade 5 standards. (references) | |
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| "Blackness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.47% of the time. "Blackness" is used about 378 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.47% | 376 | 14,528 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.53% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 378 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "blackness". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ahishahur | N/A | Biblical | Brother of blackness |
| Chushan-rishathaim | N/A | Biblical | Blackness of iniquities |
| Cush | N/A | Biblical | Blackness |
| Ethiopia | N/A | Biblical | Blackness |
| Kedar | N/A | Biblical | Blackness |
| Shehariah | N/A | Biblical | Mourning or blackness of the Lord |
| Shihor-libnah | N/A | Biblical | Blackness of Libnah |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expression using "blackness": pitch blackness. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "blackness": blue-blackness. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sound of blackness | 60 |
blackness lyrics sound | 13 |
blackness | 7 |
blackness lyrics song sound | 2 |
blackness discography sound | 2 |
blackness lyrics optimistic sound | 2 |
blackness castle | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "blackness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zymtësi (bleakness, sadness), nxirje (blackening, suntan, tarnish), mërzi (aridity, boredom, depression, drag, dumps, ennui, flatness, gloom, mood, spleen, tedium, weariness), errësirë (background, darkness, eclipse, fogginess, gloom, mirk, mist, murk, night, nigrescence, nigritude, obscurity, opacity, opaque, staining). (various references) | |
Arabic | سواد (black, nigritude), ظلام (dark, gloom, gloominess, mirk, murk, night, obscurity, sadness, shade). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чернота (nigrescence, nigritude), тъмнина (dark, darkness, obscurity, shades, shadows, the opaque), злина (evil, ill, wrong). (various references) | |
Chinese | 黑度. (various references) | |
Czech | temnota (darkness, obscurity), melancholiènost, èerná barva (sable), èerò (black). (various references) | |
Dutch | zwartheid. (various references) | |
Esperanto | nigreco. (various references) | |
Finnish | opaalisuusindeksi (blackness index, darkness index, opacity index). (various references) | |
French | ténèbres, obscurité, noirceur. (various references) | |
German | schwärze (black, black dye, black lead, blacken, blacking, printer's ink). (various references) | |
Greek | μαυρίλα (duskiness, sableness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שחור (black, dark, ebony, nigritude), שחרחרות (swarthiness), אפל" (darkness, dusk, gloominess, murk, obscurity). (various references) | |
Hungarian | feketeség (nigritude). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kegelapan (darkness, murk). (various references) | |
Italian | oscurit (background, dark, darkness, dimness, duskiness, eclipse, gloom, gloominess, mirk, murk, murkiness, night, obscureness, obscurity, opacity, shade, somberness, sombreness), nerezza (negritude, nigritude). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 'らか (deep black). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くろらか (deep black). (various references) | |
Manx | dorraghys (darkness, obscurity), dooid (darkness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acknessblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | obscuridade (dimmer, dimness, duskiness, gloom, obscurity, opacity, shade), negrume (mirk, murk). (various references) | |
Romanian | ticãloşie (abjection, baseness, dirt, filth, foulness, ignominiousness, ignominy, infamy, knavery, knavishness, meanness, misdeed, rascality, swinishness, wickedness, wretchedness), negrealã (black, blacking, darkness, inkness, smutch), întuneric (dark, darkness, murk, night, nigritude, obscurity, opacity, shadow, twilight), întunecime (darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, murkiness). (various references) | |
Russian | чернота (nigrescence, nigritude), темнота (darkness, mirk, murk, night, nigritude, obscurity, opaque, shadowiness), мрачность (dourness, dreariness, gloom, gloominess, saturninity, somberness). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tmina (mirk, murk), crnilo (black, jet, nigrescence). (various references) | |
Spanish | oscuridad (abstruseness, dark, darkness, dimness, dinginess, dusk, gloom, gloominess, insignificance, insignificancy, mirk, mirkiness, murk, murkiness, obscurity, shadow, shadows). (various references) | |
Swahili | weusi. (various references) | |
Swedish | mörker (dark, darkness, gloom, gloominess, mirk, murk, nigritude, obscurity). (various references) | |
Thai | ความ"ำมื". (various references) | |
Turkish | siyahlık (black part, nigritude), karalık, kötülük (badness, darkness, devilry, disservice, enormity, evil, harm, iniquity, malfeasance, malice, malignity, misdeed, misdoing, perversity, spitefulness, vice, viciousness, villainy, wickedness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чорнота (black, nigrescence, nigritude). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bóng tối (adumbration, dark, darkness, duskiness, shadow), sự t n ác (atrociousness, atrocity, cruelty), m u đen sự tối tăm. (various references) | |
Welsh | du%wch. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | atritas, nigredo. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 50, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai endusw ton ouranon skotoV kai qhsw wV sakkon to peribolaion autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Induam caelos tenebris et saccum ponam operimentum eorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | I shal clothin heuenes with dercnesses, and a sac Y shal putte the coueryng of hem. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | By me the heavens are clothed with black, and I make haircloth their robe. |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 50, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Ako nagsaput sa mga langit sa kangitngit, ug ako naghimo sa sako nga ilang tabon. |
| Chinese | 我 使 諸 天 以 黑 暗 為 衣 服 、 以 麻 布 為 遮 " 。 |
| Croatian | Nebesa oblaèim u tminu i kostrijet im dajem za pokrivaè!" |
| Danish | jeg klæder Himlen i sort og hyller den ind i Sæk. |
| Dutch | Ik bekleed den hemel met zwartheid, en stel een zak tot zijn deksel. |
| Finnish | Minä puetan taivaat mustiin ja panen murhepuvun niitten verhoksi. |
| French | Je revêts les cieux d`obscurité, Et je fais d`un sac leur couverture. |
| German | Ich kleide den Himmel mit Dunkel und mache seine Decke gleich einem Sack. |
| Hungarian | Felöltöztetem az egeket sötétségbe, és gyászruhával födöm be azokat. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Langit Kujadikan hitam kelam, Aku menutupinya seperti dengan kain kabung." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa Aku juga yang memakaikan langit dengan kegelapan dan memperselimutkan dia dengan karung. |
| Italian | Rivesto i cieli di oscurit , do loro un sacco per mantello». |
| Maori | E whakakakahu ana ahau i nga rangi ki te mangu, uhia iho te taratara hei hipoki mo ratou. |
| Norwegian | jeg klær himmelen i sort og innhyller den i sørgedrakt. |
| Portuguese | Eu visto os céus de negridão, e lhes ponho cilício por sua cobertura. |
| Rumanian | Kmbrac cerurile cu negura de jale, wi le knvelesc cu un sac.`` |
| Russian | с П'МЕЛБА ОЕ'ЕУБ НТБЛПН, Й ЧТЕФЙЭЕ "ЕМБА ПЛТПЧПН ЙИ. |
| Spanish | Yo vestiré de oscuridad los cielos, y les pondré cilicio como cobertura." |
| Swedish | själva himmelen kläder jag i mörker och giver den sorgdräkt att bära. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blackness": blacknesses. (additional references) | |
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"Blackness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blacknews, bollockless, Brackness, lackness, lacness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "blackness" (pronounced bla"knus) |
| 6 | -l a" k n u s | slackness. |
| 4 | -k n u s | bleakness, darkness, frankness, homesickness, likeness, quickness, sickness, starkness, thickness, uniqueness, weakness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blandness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-k-l-n-s-s" | |
-1 letter: backless, blackens, slackens. | |
-2 letters: blacken, slacken. | |
-3 letters: ankles, blacks, blanks, bleaks, cables, clanks, cleans, lances, sables, scales, scenas, skeans, slacks, slakes, snacks, snakes, sneaks, snecks. | |
-4 letters: ables, acnes, alecs, ankle, backs, bakes, bales, balks, banes, banks, bases, basks, beaks, beans, becks, black, blank, blase, bleak, bless, cable, cakes, calks, canes, cases, casks, clank, clans. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-k-l-n-s-s" | |
+2 letters: blacknesses, blacksnakes. | |
+3 letters: shacklebones. | |
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