Definitions for Darkling
ˈdɑrk lɪŋdark·ling

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. darklingadjective

   uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure

   "a darkling glance"; "secret operatives and darkling conspiracies"-Archibald MacLeish

2. darklingadjective

   (poetic) occurring in the dark or night

   "a darkling journey"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. darklingnoun

   darkness

2. darklingnoun

   a creature that lives in the dark

3. darklingadverb

   in the dark, obscurely

4. darklingadjective

   dark; darkening

5. darklingadjective

   obscure, done or happening 'in the dark' or unseen

6. Etymology: From derkelyng, from derk + -lyng.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Darklinga participle, as it seems, from darkle,

   Being in the dark; being without light: a word merely poetical.

   O, wilt thou darkling leave me? do not so. William Shakespeare.

   Darkling stands
   The varying shore o’ th’ world. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   The wakeful bird
   Sings darkling, and, in shadiest covert hid,
   Tunes her nocturnal note. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iii.

   Darkling they mourn their fate, whom Circe’s pow’r,
   With words and wicked herbs, from human kind
   Had alter’d, and in brutal shapes confin’d. John Dryden, Æn.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. darkling

   "Darkling" is the 60th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 18th episode of the third season. This show focuses on the holographic Doctor, a self-aware computer program aboard the starship USS Voyager that is struggling with re-programming himself. The episode debuted on UPN on February 19, 1997.

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1. darkling

   Darkling is primarily used as an adjective that means relating to or occurring in the darkness. It can also be used as a noun to refer to a creature or being that belongs to, resides in, or is associated with darkness. This term is often used in literary or poetic context.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Darklingadverb

   in the dark

2. Darkling

   becoming dark or gloomy; frowing

3. Darkling

   dark; gloomy

4. Etymology: [Dark + the adverbial suffix -ling.]

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1. Darkling

   "Darkling" is the 60th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 18th episode of the third season.

Matched Categories

1. • Poetry

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How to pronounce Darkling?

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How to say Darkling in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Darkling in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Darkling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Darkling in a Sentence

1. John Keats:

   from ODE to a NIGHTENGALE: Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain,

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Darkling
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Darkling
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Darkling
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkling
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Darkling
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Darkling
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Darkling