dark has definitions from the field of color
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[ adjective ] devoid 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"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

The infield was well flooded but the expanded outfield was much too dark .

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

For all involved in this discussion the devil is a real entity who can really be confronted in the woods on a dark night , the demon world is populated with real creatures , and witches actually can be seen flying through the air .

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

The first slanting rays of the new day cannot yet dispel all the dark shadows which lie across the Aegean world ; but our evidence grows considerably in variety and shows more unmistakably some of the lines of change .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

The dark forms moved like mourners on some nocturnal pilgrimage , their dirge unsung for want of vocal_chords .

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

Al_'s_Little_Cafe was small , dark , narrow , and filled with the mingled scent of beer , tobacco smoke , and Italian cooking .

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[ adjective ] (used of color) having a dark hue

Examples

"dark green" "dark glasses" "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

It is roughly shaped like a large pear , and when properly ripened , its dark green skin covers a meaty , melon like pulp that has about the consistency of a ripe Bartlett_pear , but oily .

(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)

No antigen was detectable in certain dark spherical areas in most cells .

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

Painters left less and less of a vase in a plain dark color ; instead they divided the surface into many bands or covered it by all-over patterns into which freehand drawing began to creep .

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

The man wore a vest and a tie , the woman had_on a dark green dress and three strands of pearls .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

She was wearing her dark hair in two , thick braids to attain an `` American_Girl '' effect she thought was appropriate to Halloween .

Related terms

light darkish black value

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[ adjective ] brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

Examples

"dark eyes"

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

I think , too '' , he said , his dark eyes mischievous , `` that you will find there some clue to the secret of the cathedrals about which you have spoken '' .

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Not seeing her dark intelligent face , one would have gauged the voice as that of a Westwood_Village matron , ten years out of Iowa .

When McFeeley was halfway to the door , the proprietor emerged - a mountainous , dark man , his head thick_with resiny black hair , his eyes like two of the black_olives he imported in boatloads .

Inside , as_soon_as Mr._Skopas had disclosed - in a hoarse whisper - the detective 's errand , his family gathered in a huddle , forming a mass of dark flesh on and around a brocaded sofa which stood at one side of a baroque fireplace .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Angelina placed the tray on the table and with a flick of dark wrist drew_off the cloth .

Related terms

brunet

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[ noun ] absence of light or illumination

Synonyms

darkness

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

`` Gladius_Dei '' ( 1902 ) resembles `` The_Way_to_the_Churchyard '' in its representation of a conflict between light and dark , between `` Life '' and a spirit of criticism , negation , melancholy , but it goes considerably further in characterizing the elements of this conflict .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

If he were to go with White , he would be out there two days , not just listening in the dark at some point between here and Papa-san , but moving ever deeper into enemy land - behind Papa-san itself .

It was dark .

Figures seemed to crouch in the surrounding dark ; in the distance he saw a band of men who seemed to advance and retreat even as he watched .

Above , the glowing ivory baton of their searchlight pointed at the clouds , diluting the valley 's dark to a pallid light .

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[ adjective ] causing dejection

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

Giving the other a dark look , he hauled his bronc around and trotted down off the street .

Related terms

cheerless

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[ noun ] absence of moral or spiritual values

Examples

"the powers of darkness"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

`` Gladius_Dei '' ( 1902 ) resembles `` The_Way_to_the_Churchyard '' in its representation of a conflict between light and dark , between `` Life '' and a spirit of criticism , negation , melancholy , but it goes considerably further in characterizing the elements of this conflict .

Related terms

condition condition

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[ adjective ] stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

Synonyms

black sinister

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)

If I get a low M._R. , I do so because I want it that way or my dark self does .

Related terms

evil

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[ noun ] an unilluminated area

Synonyms

shadow darkness

Examples

"he moved off into the darkness"

Used in print

(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)

First I make preliminary watercolor sketches in quarter scale ( approximately * * f inches ) in which I pay particular attention to the design principles of three simple values - the lightest light , the middle tone , and the darkest dark - by reducing the forms of my subject to these large patterns .

(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)

Lunch was over , and we walked back to the hotel with the light and dark of Paris screaming at us .

(Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)

Deputy_Marshal_Luke_Harper still stood_guard on the veranda , a forlorn , scarecrowish figure in the murky dark .

Related terms

scene shadow

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[ noun ] the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

Synonyms

night nighttime

Used in print

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

The letters took their source from a stream of my imagination in which I was transformed into a young_man not unlike my bunkmate Eliot_Sands - he of the porch steps anecdotes - who smoked cigarettes , performed the tango , wore fifty dollar suits , and sneaked_off into the dark with girls to do unimaginable things with them .

At five o'clock that night it was already dark , and behind my closed door I was dressing as carefully as a groom .

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

`` You should n't be riding up_here after dark , Judith '' , he said quietly .

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[ noun ] an unenlightened state

Synonyms

darkness

Examples

"he was in the dark concerning their intentions" "his lectures dispelled the darkness"

Used in print

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

You can n't wander along in the dark , can you ?

Related terms

unenlightenment

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9044
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[ adjective ] secret

Examples

"keep it dark" "the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East"

Related terms

concealed

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[ adjective ] lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

Synonyms

benighted

Examples

"this benighted country" "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition" "the dark ages" "a dark age in the history of education"

Related terms

unenlightened

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[ adjective ] marked by difficulty of style or expression

Synonyms

obscure

Examples

"much that was dark is now quite clear to me" "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"

Related terms

incomprehensible

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[ adjective ] showing a brooding ill humor

Examples

"a dark scowl" "the proverbially dour New England Puritan" "a glum, hopeless shrug" "in moody silence" "a morose and unsociable manner" "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven "a sour temper"

Related terms

ill-natured

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[ adjective ] (color) having skin rich in melanin pigments

Examples

"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" "the dark races" "dark-skinned peoples"

Related terms

black

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[ adjective ] not giving performances; closed

Examples

"the theater is dark on Mondays"

Related terms

inactive

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