Definition of Dark

Noun

  • an unenlightened state
    "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"
    "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
  • the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
  • an unilluminated area
    "he moved off into the darkness"
  • absence of moral or spiritual values
    "the powers of darkness"
  • absence of light or illumination

Adjective

  • not giving performances
    closed
    "the theater is dark on Mondays"
  • having skin rich in melanin pigments
    "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
    "dark-skinned peoples"
    - dark skinned - non white
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • secret
    "keep it dark"
  • 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
  • brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
    "dark eyes"
  • (used of color) having a dark hue
    "dark green"
    "dark glasses"
    "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
  • 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"
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Unscramble dark

9 unscramble word found using the letters dark.

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