Dark Meaning and Definition

Word: Dark

How to pronounce: dɑːk

Adjective

Definitions:

1. With little or no light.

Example sentences: "It's too dark to see much"

2. (of a color or object) not reflecting much light; approaching black in shade.

Example sentences: "Dark green"

3. (of a period of time or situation) characterized by tragedy, unhappiness, or unpleasantness.

Example sentences: "The dark days of the war"

4. Hidden from knowledge; mysterious.

Example sentences: "A dark secret"

5. Denoting a velarized form of the sound of the letter l as it sounds at the end of a word or before another consonant (as in full or bulk in most accents of English).

Example sentences: "English has two allophones for /l/, "light/clearl" and "darkl". I am conducting a study on the distribution of these two allophones."

Noun

Definitions:

1. The absence of light in a place.

Example sentences: "Carolyn was sitting in the dark"

2. A dark color or shade, especially in a painting.

Example sentences: "Lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief"

Synonyms:

shady

shadowy

black

blackness

sombre

grim

dire

macabre

somber

gloomy

morose

sinister

sullen

drear

dour

lugubrious

dystopian

pessimistic

morbid

cloudy

dusky

murk

gloom

glum

saturnine

tenebrous

depressing

dark color

dark colour

swarthy

swart

getting dark

dreary

moody

unlit

lightless

opaque

dismal

twilight

night

gloaming

dusk

stygian

sunless

dingy

murky

nebulous

dim

deep

bleak

ignorant

benighted

semidarkness

shade

shadow

shadows

brunet

obscure

hopeless

unsavory

bad

vicious

vile

sour

tawny

miserable

cheerless

disconsolate

desolate

enigmatic

mysterious

enigmatical

arcane

gray

blue

drab

grey

hidden

evil

wicked

colored

Antonyms:

light

radiant

sunny

bright

glowing

vivid

luminous

sunlit

obvious

clear

Derivations:

darkish

darkened

darkening

darkling

darksome

darkness

darky

darkroom

darken

darkly

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Dark in Other Languages...

Spanish: Oscuro

German: Dunkel

French: Sombre

Italian: Scuro

Turkish: Kara