Meaning of dark
Definition of dark
(adj)
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"
(used of color) having a
dark
hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark
colors
like
wine
red or
navy
blue"
brunet
(used of
hair
or
skin
or eyes); "dark eyes"
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"; "the
scheme
of
some
sinister
intelligence
bent
on
punishing
him"-Thomas Hardy
secret; "keep it dark"
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
temper"; "a sullen crowd"
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"
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"
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"
not
giving
performances; closed; "the
theater
is
dark
on Mondays"
(noun)
absence
of
light
or
illumination
absence
of
moral
or
spiritual
values; "the powers of darkness"
an
unilluminated
area; "he
moved
off into the darkness"
the
time
after
sunset
and
before
sunrise
while
it is
dark
outside
an
unenlightened
state; "he was in the
dark
concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
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