DARK

/dɑːk/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 9

Definition

  1. noun absence of light or illumination. — synonyms: darkness
  2. noun absence of moral or spiritual values. — synonyms: wickedness, darkness
  3. noun an unilluminated area. — synonyms: darkness, shadow
  4. noun the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside. — synonyms: night, nighttime
  5. noun an unenlightened state. — synonyms: darkness
  6. adjective devoid of or deficient in light or brightness.
  7. adjective (used of color) having a dark hue.
  8. adjective brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes).
  9. adjective stemming from evil characteristics or forces. — synonyms: black, sinister
  10. adjective secret.
  11. adjective showing a brooding ill humor. — synonyms: dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
  12. adjective lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture. — synonyms: benighted
  13. adjective marked by difficulty of style or expression. — synonyms: obscure
  14. adjective causing dejection. — synonyms: blue, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab
  15. adjective not giving performances.

Examples

  • “The room was too dark for reading.”
  • “my sister's hair is darker than mine;  her skin grew dark with a suntan”
  • “a dark villain;  a dark deed”

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