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dark > 16 senses
ADJECTIVE1darkDevoid or partially devoid of light or brightness
2dark(used of color) having a dark hue
3darkBrunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
4dark, black, sinisterStemming from evil characteristics or forces
5dark, blue, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grimCausing dejection
6darkSecret
7dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullenShowing a brooding ill humor
8dark, benightedLacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
9dark, obscureMarked by difficulty of style or expression
10dark, colored, coloured, dark-skinnedHaving skin rich in melanin pigments
11darkNot giving performances
NOUN1dark, darknessAbsence of light or illumination
2dark, iniquity, wickedness, darknessAbsence of moral or spiritual values
3dark, darkness, shadowAn unilluminated area
4dark, night, nighttimeThe time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
5dark, darknessAn unenlightened state
dark > pronunciation
Soundsdaa'rk
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dark > adjective 1
MeaningDevoid or partially devoid of light or brightness. Shadowed or black or somber-colored.
Examples"sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "the theater is dark on Mondays"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
Attribute oflight, lightness
SimilarAcheronian, Acherontic, Stygian; aphotic; black, pitch-black, pitch-dark; caliginous; Cimmerian; crepuscular; darkened; darkening; darkling; darkling; dim, subdued; dusky, twilight, twilit; glooming, gloomy, gloomful; lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit; lightproof, light-tight; tenebrous, tenebrific, tenebrious
Contrarylight
Adverbsdarkly
dark > adjective 2
Meaning(used of color) having a dark hue.
Examples"dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
Attribute ofvalue
Similardarkish
See alsoblack, achromatic
Contrarylight, light-colored
dark > adjective 3
MeaningBrunet (used of hair or skin or eyes).
Examples"dark eyes"
Similar tobrunet, brunette
dark > adjective 4
MeaningStemming from evil characteristics or forces. Wicked or dishonorable.
Examples"Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"
Synonymsblack, sinister
Similar toevil, wicked
dark > adjective 5
MeaningCausing dejection.
Examples"the dark days of the war"; "a dark gloomy day"
Synonymsblue, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim
Similar tocheerless, uncheerful
dark > adjective 6
MeaningSecret.
Examples"keep it dark"; "the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East"
Similar toconcealed
dark > adjective 7
MeaningShowing a brooding ill humor.
Examples"a dark scowl"
Synonymsdour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
Similar toill-natured
Adverbsdarkly
dark > adjective 8
MeaningLacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture.
Examples"the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education"
Synonymsbenighted
Similar tounenlightened
dark > adjective 9
MeaningMarked by difficulty of style or expression.
Examples"much that was dark is now quite clear to me"
Synonymsobscure
Similar toincomprehensible, uncomprehensible
dark > adjective 10
MeaningHaving skin rich in melanin pigments.
Examples"the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples"
Synonymscolored, coloured, dark-skinned
Similar toblack
dark > adjective 11
MeaningNot giving performances. Closed.
Examples"the theater is dark on Mondays"
Similar toinactive
dark > noun 1, state
MeaningAbsence of light or illumination.
Synonymsdarkness
Narrowernight; total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black; blackout, brownout, dimout; semidarkness
Broaderillumination
Contrarylight, lighting
dark > noun 2, state
MeaningAbsence of moral or spiritual values.
Examples"the powers of darkness"
Synonymsiniquity, wickedness, darkness
Broadercondition, status
dark > noun 3, location
MeaningAn unilluminated area.
Examples"he moved off into the darkness"
Synonymsdarkness, shadow
Broaderscene
dark > noun 4, time
MeaningThe time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.
Synonymsnight, nighttime
Part ofday, twenty-four hours, solar day, mean solar day
Partsevening; late-night hour; midnight; small hours; lights-out
Narrowerweeknight; wedding night
Broadertime period, period of time, period
Contraryday, daytime, daylight
dark > noun 5, cognition
MeaningAn unenlightened state.
Examples"he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
Synonymsdarkness
Broaderunenlightenment

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