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SEMIDARKNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Partial darkness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("semidarkness" is a kind of...):
dark; darkness (absence of light or illumination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "semidarkness"):
cloudiness; overcast (gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover)
shade; shadiness; shadowiness (relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body)
dimness; duskiness (the state of being poorly illuminated)
gloom; somberness; sombreness (a state of partial or total darkness)
obscureness; obscurity (the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination)
Derivation:
semidark (partially devoid of light or brightness)
