dark is the dictionary form of darkest Definition of dark
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"

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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"

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

Examples

"dark eyes"

4
[ noun ] absence of light or illumination

Synonyms

darkness

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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"

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[ noun ] absence of moral or spiritual values

Examples

"the powers of darkness"

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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"

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[ noun ] an unilluminated area

Synonyms

shadow darkness

Examples

"he moved off into the darkness"

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

Synonyms

night nighttime

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[ noun ] an unenlightened state

Synonyms

darkness

Examples

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

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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[ adjective ] not giving performances; closed

Examples

"the theater is dark on Mondays"

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