SEMIDARKNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)