blackness

1 a time or place of little or no light strange nocturnal noises emanated from the forbidding blackness of the forest Synonyms of blackness black, dark, candlelight, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, murk, night, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, umbraWords Related to blackness midnight; blackout, brownout, dimout; shadiness, umbrage; dullness (also dulness), somberness; cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness; dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness; half-lightNear Antonyms of blackness moonlight, starlight, sunlight; effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine; incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousnessAntonyms of blackness blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness

2 the state or quality of being dirty judging from the blackness of the carpet, I'd say that it had never been cleaned Synonyms of blackness dirtiness, dinge, dinginess, dustiness, filthiness, foulness, griminess, grubbiness, nastiness, smuttiness, soilage, sordidness, squalidness, uncleanliness, uncleannessWords Related to blackness discoloration, staining; impureness, impurity; messiness, mussiness, sloppiness, untidiness; insanitation, squalor; muckiness, muddiness, sootinessNear Antonyms of blackness purityAntonyms of blackness cleanliness, immaculateness, spotlessness