OPALESCENCE Antonyms

• the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

• intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

• the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

• a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

• the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

• unusual mental ability

• free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression

• the quality of clear water

• absence of light or illumination

• an unilluminated area

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unenlightened state

• having a dark or somber color

• a swarthy complexion

• the quality of being slow to understand

• the quality of lacking interestingness

• a lack of visual brightness

• lack of sensibility

• without sharpness or clearness of edge or point

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• an appearance of reflected light

• bright with a steady but subdued shining

• the state of being unmixed with other material

• clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous

• the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

• an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

• a strong odor or taste property

• the quality of being keenly and painfully felt

• thinness of edge or fineness of point

• the quality of being sharp and clear

• harshness of manner

• permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation

• the quality of being clear and transparent

• picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

• the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

• the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

• lightness or fairness of complexion