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DARKLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does darkling mean?
• DARKLING (adjective)
The adjective DARKLING has 2 senses:
1. uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure
2. (poetic) occurring in the dark or night
Familiarity information: DARKLING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure
Context example:
secret operatives and darkling conspiracies
Similar:
dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(poetic) occurring in the dark or night
Context example:
a darkling journey
Similar:
dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)
Domain category:
Context examples
But see, mes garcons, on this side of the church rises the square and darkling tower of Earl Salisbury's castle, and even from here I seem to see on yonder banner the red roebuck of the Montacutes.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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