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dark (adj.)
1.lacking brightness or color; dull"drab faded curtains" "sober Puritan grey" "children in somber brown clothes"
2.not giving performances; closed"the theater is dark on Mondays"
3.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"
4.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"
5.(used of color) having a dark hue"dark green" "dark glasses" "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
6.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"
7.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"
8.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" "t..."
9.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 t..."
10.having skin rich in melanin pigments"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" "dark-skinned peoples"
11.secret"keep it dark"
12.brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)"dark eyes"
dark (n.)
1.an unenlightened state"he was in the dark concerning their intentions" "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
2.an unilluminated area"he moved off into the darkness"
3.absence of light or illumination
4.absence of moral or spiritual values"the powers of darkness"
5.the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
6.the time of day immediately following sunset"he loved the twilight" "they finished before the fall of night"
7.depressingly dark"the gloomy forest" "the glooming interior of an old inn" "`gloomful' is archaic"
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Merriam Webster
DarkDark (därk), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.]
1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon,
Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse
Without all hope of day! Milton.
In the dark and silent grave. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
The dark problems of existence. Shairp.
What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. Hooker.
What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? Shak.
3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
The age wherein he lived was dark, but he
Could not want light who taught the world to see. Denhan.
The tenth century used to be reckoned by mediæval historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night. Hallam.
4. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
Left him at large to his own dark designs. Milton.
5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
More dark and dark our woes. Shak.
A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. Macaulay.
There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. W. Irving.
6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.]
He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. Evelyn.
☞ Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective; as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working.
A dark horse, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.] -- Dark house, Dark room, a house or room in which madmen were confined. [Obs.] Shak. -- Dark lantern. See Lantern. -- The Dark Ages, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See Middle Ages, under Middle. -- The Dark and Bloody Ground, a phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians. -- The dark day, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England. -- To keep dark, to reveal nothing. [Low]
DarkDark (därk), n.
1. Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out. Shak.
2. The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark. Shak.
Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are as much in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as before. Locke.
3. (Fine Arts) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to the lights. Dryden.
DarkDark, v. t. To darken; to obscure. [Obs.] Milton.
dark (adj.)
abstruse, benighted, black, blue, cheerless, colored, coloured, cryptic, dark-skinned, deep, dim, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dour, drab, drear, dreary, dusky, enigmatic, frowning, gloomy, glowering, glum, grim, grouchy, hellish, hidden, ignorant, moody, morose, murky, mysterious, mystic, non-white, obscure, overcast, saturnine, shadowy, shady, sinister, sober, sorry, sour, sullen, swarthy, testy, unenlightened, unlettered, unlit, dark-coloured (British), somber (American), sombre (British)
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dark (adj.)
↘ abstrusely, blacken, black out, cloud, darken, dim, dip, murkily, obscure, obscurely ↗ black, gnarl, growl, grumble, grunt, in darkness, oink, snarl ≠ light, light-colored, light-coloured, light in color, light in colour
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dark (adj.)
qui est terne (fr)[Classe]
qui est peu lumineux ou privé de lumière (fr)[Classe]
qui est foncé (fr)[Classe]
clear, colorless, colourless[Similaire]
dark (adj.)
qui est foncé (fr)[ClasseHyper.]
couleur foncée (fr)[termes liés]
peau : homme de couleur (fr)[termes liés]
qualificatif de couleur de la robe du cheval (fr)[DomaineDescription]
dark (adj.)
inactive[Similaire]
dark (adj.)
dark (adj.)
cheerless, depressing, uncheerful[Similaire]
dark (adj.)
dark (adj.)
ambiguous; double-edged[Classe]
qui n'est pas connu (fr)[Classe]
mystérieux (fr)[Classe]
qui ne peut être compris (fr)[Classe]
mal expliqué (fr)[Classe]
inexact ou lacunaire (raisonnement) (fr)[Classe]
uncertain; iffy; unsure[Classe]
difficile (pour une difficulté de l'esprit) (fr)[Classe]
confus (pour le style) (fr)[DomainJugement]
dark (adj.)
unenlightened[Similaire]
dark (adj.)
evil, lousy, poor, rotten, wicked[Similaire]
dark (adj.)
peevish[Classe]
boudeur (fr)[Classe]
mécontent (fr)[Classe]
qui hait le genre humain (fr)[Classe]
bourru (fr)[Classe]
porté à critiquer, à récriminer (fr)[Classe]
(weariness; boredom; ennui; tedium)[termes liés]
gnarl, growl, grumble, grunt, oink, snarl[Qui~]
ill-natured[Similaire]
dark (adj.)
black[Similaire]
dark (adj.)
concealed[Similaire]
dark (adj.)
brunet, brunette[Similaire]
dark (adj.)
dark (n.)
double entendre; ambiguity[Classe]
obscurité du style (fr)[DomainJugement]
unenlightenment[Hyper.]
dark, murky, obscure - benighted, dark - dark[Dérivé]
dark (n.)
vagueness; obscurity; darkness; dark[ClasseHyper.]
night; nighttime; dark; night-time[Classe]
shadow; shade[ClasseHyper.]
noir (fr)[Caract.]
scene[Hyper.]
shade, shade off, shadow - black, dark[Dérivé]
dark (n.)
dark (n.)
condition, status[Hyper.]
black, dark, sinister - wicked[Dérivé]
dark (n.)
vagueness; obscurity; darkness; dark[Classe]
night; nighttime; dark; night-time[ClasseHyper.]
noir (fr)[Caract.]
dark (n.)
tombée du jour (fr)[Classe]
fin de la journée (fr)[Classe]
hour, time, time of day[Hyper.]
crepuscular, dusky - dusky, twilight, twilit[Dérivé]
dark (n.)
black, dark[Similaire]
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