English words for 'The fear of darkness.'
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- a morbid fear of light
- pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)
- (medicine) Excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light.
- An aversion to or fear of being photographed, the dissemination of personal photographs, or viewing photographs.
- darkness
- (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
- the period spent sleeping
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- the time between sunset and midnight
- the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
- a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
- a shortening of nightfall
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
- (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
- (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
- (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
- (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
- (countable) A day, or at least a night.
- (literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
- The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
- The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.
- an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
- the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
- the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
- Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
- A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
- Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
- A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.
- an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
- a feeling of melancholy apprehension
- a state of partial or total darkness
- (countable) Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
- (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
- The sablefish.
- (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
- (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.
- (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms.
- (countable and uncountable) A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
- marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
- a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
- an artist's brush made of sable hairs
- the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
- a very dark black
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- A Rastafarian.
- (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- intense and profound fear
- intense aversion
- something that inspires horror; something horrible
- (countable, uncountable) Something horrible; that which excites horror.
- (countable, uncountable) Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
- (countable, colloquial) A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
- (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
- (countable) An individual work in this genre.
- (in the plural, informal) Delirium tremens.
- (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- (uncountable) A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
- Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- Death.
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
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- a morbid fear of light
- pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)
- (medicine) Excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light.
- An aversion to or fear of being photographed, the dissemination of personal photographs, or viewing photographs.
- darkness
- (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
- the period spent sleeping
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- the time between sunset and midnight
- the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
- a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
- a shortening of nightfall
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
- (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
- (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
- (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
- (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
- (countable) A day, or at least a night.
- (literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
- The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
- The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.
- an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
- the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
- the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
- Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
- A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
- Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
- A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.
- an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
- a feeling of melancholy apprehension
- a state of partial or total darkness
- Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of dreadlock.
- Somebody or something dreaded.
- A Rastafarian.
- (military, nautical, historical, slang) Clipping of dreadnought.
- Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- intense and profound fear
- intense aversion
- something that inspires horror; something horrible
- (countable, uncountable) Something horrible; that which excites horror.
- (countable, uncountable) Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
- (countable, colloquial) A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
- (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
- (countable) An individual work in this genre.
- (in the plural, informal) Delirium tremens.
- (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- (uncountable) A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
- Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- Death.
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
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- (countable) Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
- (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
- The sablefish.
- (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
- (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.
- (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms.
- (countable and uncountable) A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
- marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
- a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
- an artist's brush made of sable hairs
- the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
- a very dark black