Noun | 1. | dark - absence of light or illumination Synonyms: darkness |
2. | dark - absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" | |
3. | dark - an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" | |
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5. | dark - an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" Synonyms: darkness | |
Adj. | 1. | dark - devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "the theater is dark on Mondays"; "dark as the inside of a black cat" Antonyms: light - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light" |
2. | dark - (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue" Antonyms: light-colored, light - (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder" | |
3. | dark - brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes" | |
4. | dark - stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy | |
5. | dark - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" | |
6. | dark - secret; "keep it dark"; "the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East" | |
7. | dark - showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" | |
8. | dark - lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education" Synonyms: benighted | |
9. | dark - marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure" Synonyms: obscure | |
10. | dark - having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples" | |
11. | dark - not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays" |