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Meaning of 'dark' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dark [ a.]
- 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.
- Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
- Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
- Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
- Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
- Deprived of sight; blind.
2 . Dark [ n.]
- Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
- The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
3 . Dark [ v. t.]
- To darken to obscure.

Meaning of 'dark' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dark [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an unilluminated area
Example in sentence:
  • he moved off into the darkness
Meaning (2):
- an unenlightened state
Example in sentence:
  • he was in the dark concerning their intentions;
  • his lectures dispelled the darkness
Meaning (3):
- absence of moral or spiritual values
Example in sentence:
  • the powers of darkness
4 . dark [ a]
Meaning (4):
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
Example in sentence:
  • a dark day;
  • dark as the inside of a black cat;
  • dark shadows;
  • sitting in a dark corner
Meaning (5):
- (used of color) having a dark hue
Example in sentence:
  • dark colors like wine red or navy blue;
  • dark glasses;
  • dark green
6 . dark [ s]
Meaning (6):
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
Example in sentence:
  • a black lie;
  • a dark purpose;
  • black deeds;
  • dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility;
  • Darth Vader of the dark side;
  • his black heart has concocted yet another black deed;
  • the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him
Meaning (7):
- causing dejection
Example in sentence:
  • a blue day;
  • a dark gloomy day;
  • a disconsolate winter landscape;
  • a week of rainy depressing weather;
  • grim rainy weather;
  • the dark days of the war;
  • the first dismal dispiriting days of November
Meaning (8):
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
Example in sentence:
  • a dark age in the history of education;
  • benighted ages of barbarism and superstition;
  • the dark ages;
  • this benighted country
Meaning (9):
- showing a brooding ill humor
Example in sentence:
  • a dark scowl;
  • a glum, hopeless shrug;
  • a morose and unsociable manner;
  • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius;
  • a sour temper;
  • a sullen crowd;
  • he sat in moody silence;
  • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
Meaning (10):
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
Example in sentence:
  • dark eyes
Meaning (11):
- secret
Example in sentence:
  • keep it dark
Meaning (12):
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
Example in sentence:
  • much that was dark is now quite clear to me;
  • those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure
Meaning (13):
- not giving performances; closed
Example in sentence:
  • the theater is dark on Mondays

Nearby Words:

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