| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | absence of light | no illumination |
| 2. | absolute blackness | total blackness |
| 3. | bad light | poor illumination |
| 4. | black of night | deep night darkness |
| 5. | black void | empty black darkness |
| 6. | blackness | complete lack of light |
| 7. | blackout | total loss of light |
| 8. | blankness | empty dark quality |
| 9. | bleakness | cold gloominess |
| 10. | bottomless gloom | seemingly endless darkness |
| 11. | Cimmerian gloom | profound poetic darkness |
| 12. | cloudiness | dimness from clouds |
| 13. | dark | absence of light |
| 14. | deep gloom | strong darkness or sadness |
| 15. | deep shade | strong shadow |
| 16. | dense gloom | thick darkness |
| 17. | dimness | low level of light |
| 18. | drabness | dull lack of brightness |
| 19. | dreariness | gloomy dullness |
| 20. | dullness | lack of brightness |
| 21. | dusk | evening dimness |
| 22. | dusky gloom | soft evening darkness |
| 23. | eclipse | temporary darkening |
| 24. | eventide | evening or twilight |
| 25. | faint light | weak illumination |
| 26. | fog | misty obscuring darkness |
| 27. | fogginess | dimness from fog |
| 28. | funereal gloom | deathlike darkness or sadness |
| 29. | gloaming | poetic twilight |
| 30. | gloom | dimness or sadness |
| 31. | gloominess | dark or cheerless quality |
| 32. | gloomy dark | sad or dim darkness |
| 33. | gloomy light | dim cheerless light |
| 34. | grayness | dull dimness |
| 35. | greyness | dull dimness |
| 36. | half-light | dim partial light |
| 37. | haze | dim obscuring mist |
| 38. | haziness | dim or unclear quality |
| 39. | heavy gloom | oppressive darkness or sadness |
| 40. | heavy shade | dense shadow |
| 41. | inky blackness | deep black darkness |
| 42. | lack of light | absence of illumination |
| 43. | lightless dark | darkness without illumination |
| 44. | lightless void | empty space without light |
| 45. | lightlessness | state without light |
| 46. | low light | dim illumination |
| 47. | lowering gloom | threatening darkness |
| 48. | middle of the night | deep night period |
| 49. | midnight | deepest part of night |
| 50. | mistiness | hazy dimness |
| 51. | moonless dark | darkness without moonlight |
| 52. | moonlessness | absence of moonlight |
| 53. | murk | thick gloom |
| 54. | murkiness | dark or unclear quality |
| 55. | murky gloom | unclear darkness |
| 56. | night | period without daylight |
| 57. | nightfall | onset of night |
| 58. | nighttime | time of darkness |
| 59. | nocturnal gloom | night darkness |
| 60. | nonillumination | absence of lighting |
| 61. | nothingness | empty darkness or nonexistence |
| 62. | obscuration | state of being hidden or darkened |
| 63. | obscureness | darkness or unclear quality |
| 64. | obscurity | darkness or lack of clarity |
| 65. | oppressive gloom | heavy unpleasant darkness |
| 66. | overcast | cloudy dimness |
| 67. | penumbra | partial shadow |
| 68. | pitch blackness | complete blackness |
| 69. | pitch dark | complete darkness |
| 70. | poor light | insufficient illumination |
| 71. | raylessness | absence of light rays |
| 72. | semidarkness | partial darkness |
| 73. | shade | comparative darkness from blocked light |
| 74. | shadiness | state of being shaded |
| 75. | shadow | area lacking direct light |
| 76. | shadowiness | quality of being shadowy |
| 77. | shadows | areas of reduced light |
| 78. | somberness | dark or grave quality |
| 79. | sombreness | dark or grave quality |
| 80. | Stygian blackness | extreme blackness |
| 81. | Stygian gloom | very deep darkness |
| 82. | tenebrity | literary darkness |
| 83. | tenebrosity | formal darkness |
| 84. | tenebrousness | dark shadowy quality |
| 85. | the dark | darkness itself |
| 86. | the shade | area out of sunlight |
| 87. | the shadows | dark or hidden areas |
| 88. | thick gloom | dense darkness |
| 89. | total blackness | complete lack of light |
| 90. | twilight | soft light after sunset |
| 91. | umbra | deep shadow |
| 92. | umbrae | areas of deep shadow |
| 93. | underexposure | photographic darkness |
| 94. | underground gloom | subterranean darkness |
| 95. | unillumination | lack of illumination |
| 96. | unlitness | state of being unlit |
| 97. | utter blackness | complete blackness |
| 98. | void | empty darkness |
| 99. | voidness | empty dark state |
| 100. | weak light | low illumination |
