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Dark

adjective

1.

Devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black. "A dark day" , "Dark shadows" , "Dark as the inside of a black cat" Antonym: light.

2.

(used of color) having a dark hue. "Dark glasses" , "Dark colors like wine red or navy blue" Antonym: light.

3.

Brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes).

4.

Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable. Synonyms: black, sinister. "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"

5.

Secret.

6.

Showing a brooding ill humor. Synonyms: dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen. "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" , "A sour temper" , "A sullen crowd"

7.

Lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture. Synonym: benighted. "Benighted ages of barbarism and superstition" , "The dark ages" , "A dark age in the history of education"

8.

Marked by difficulty of style or expression. Synonym: obscure. "Those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"

9.

Causing dejection. Synonyms: blue, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry. "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"

10.

Having skin rich in melanin pigments. Synonyms: colored, coloured, dark-skinned, non-white. "Dark-skinned peoples"

11.

Not giving performances; closed.

noun

1.

Absence of light or illumination. Synonym: darkness. Antonym: light.

2.

Absence of moral or spiritual values. Synonyms: darkness, iniquity, wickedness.

3.

An unilluminated area. Synonyms: darkness, shadow.

4.

The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside. Synonyms: night, nighttime. Antonym: day.

5.

An unenlightened state. Synonym: darkness. "His lectures dispelled the darkness"

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"Dark" Quotes from Famous Books

... mate," said the sailor, "an' the knight Button-Bright means ain't the same night you mean. Soldiers used to be called knights, but that were in the dark ages, I guess, an' likely 'nough Butt'n-Bright's great-gran'ther were ...

— Sky Island - Being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n - Bill after their visit to the sea fairies • L. Frank Baum

... outrageous, which they are apt to do at the most outrageous time. But when a partition had been knocked down, and the breach tacked over with festoons of laurel, Mr. Prater was quite justified in rubbing his red hands and declaring it as snug a box as could be for the business. There was even a dark elbow where the staircase jutted out, below the big bressemer of the partition, and made a little gallery for ladies to hear speeches, and behold the festive heroes while still fit to be beholden. ...

— Springhaven - A Tale of the Great War • R. D. Blackmore

... good-natured, and when they are sulky there is no profit in being vexed with them. The methods which children characterize as "jollying" are best for such emergencies. Their mercurial temperament is Nature's provision for carrying them through the long dark night, for if they were morose like the North American Indians, the whole tribe would long ago have lain down and died of discouragement, so rigorous is ...

— The North Pole - Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club • Robert E. Peary

... were authoritatively stated to be better and more numerous than anything yet seen in London itself, the gathering of Australian troops lining the streets was representative and effective, the spectators were almost everywhere dressed in black or dark clothing as a tribute to the late Queen, the evening illuminations were on a magnificent scale—buildings and arches and decorations being a flashing, gleaming mass of light and fire and varied brightness. A state dinner was given at Government House by Lord Hopetoun ...

— The Life of King Edward VII - with a sketch of the career of King George V • J. Castell Hopkins

... was a buxom, matronly-looking woman, with a usually bright, pleasant face. But now it was stern, and her dark eyes were filled with anger as she noted her husband's silence and confusion. Presently she turned to her son who ...

— Jess of the Rebel Trail • H. A. Cody

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