Dark
WordNet
adjective
(1) Not giving performances; closed
"The theater is dark on Mondays"
(2) Having skin rich in melanin pigments
"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
"The dark races"
"Dark-skinned peoples"
(3) Brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
"Dark eyes"
(4) Devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
"Sitting in a dark corner"
"A dark day"
"Dark shadows"
"Dark as the inside of a black cat"
(5) 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) (used of color) having a dark hue
"Dark green"
"Dark glasses"
"Dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
(7) 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"
(8) 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"
(9) 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
(10) 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"
(11) Secret
"Keep it dark"
noun
(12) An unenlightened state
"He was in the dark concerning their intentions"
"His lectures dispelled the darkness"
(13) An unilluminated area
"He moved off into the darkness"
(14) Absence of light or illumination
(15) Absence of moral or spiritual values
"The powers of darkness"
(16) The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
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Etymology
From deorc, from , from either or ; perhaps both, with the latter being derived from the former.
Adjective
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- The room was too dark for reading.
- Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- My sister's hair is darker than mine.
- Her skin grew dark with a suntan.
- Hidden, secret
- "Meantime we shall express our darker purpose" (Shakespeare, King Lear, i 1).
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak
- The Great Depression was a dark time.
- Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either
- The ending of this book is rather dark.
Synonyms
dim, gloomy hidden, secret, sinister malign, sinister deepNoun
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- Dark surrounds us completely.
- Ignorance.
- We kept him in the dark.
- Nightfall.
- It was after dark before we got to playing baseball.