A collection of words for shadow, night, and the obscure — from everyday vocabulary to rare and beautiful gems.
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schadenfreude
noun
Pleasure derived from another person's misfortune.
weltschmerz
A deep sadness about the inadequacy of the world; world-weariness.
eldritch
adjective
Strange and sinister or ghostly; eerie.
tenebrous
Dark, shadowy, and obscure.
object
A tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
physical object
one-night stand
A performance in one place on one night only
dark adaptation
The process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
whitelash
Backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances
white backlash
redeye
A night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; "he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning"
redeye flight
blaxploitation
The exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies)
night life
The activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.); "in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs"
fight
A boxing or wrestling match; "the fight was on television last night"
night game
A game played under artificial illumination at night
snipe hunt
An elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it; "in the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage"
cabaret
A series of acts at a night club
floorshow
floor show
nightwork
Work to be done at night
dark ground illumination
A form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background
dark field illumination
guard duty
The duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night"
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