dark adjective
dark
The adjective form of dark is darkish
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- adjective dark When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night. 3
- adjective dark If you describe something as dark, you mean that it is black in colour, or a shade that is close to black. 3
- adjective dark When you use dark to describe a colour, you are referring to a shade of that colour which is close to black, or seems to have some black in it. 3
- adjective dark If someone has dark hair, eyes, or skin, they have brown or black hair, eyes, or skin. 3
- adjective dark If you describe a white person as dark, you mean that they have brown or black hair, and often a brownish skin. 3
- adjective dark A dark period of time is unpleasant or frightening. 3
- adjective dark A dark place or area is mysterious and not fully known about. 3
- adjective dark Dark thoughts are sad, and show that you are expecting something unpleasant to happen. 3
- adjective dark Dark looks or remarks make you think that the person giving them wants to harm you or that something horrible is going to happen. 3
- adjective dark If you describe something as dark, you mean that it is related to things that are serious or unpleasant, rather than light-hearted. 3
- adjective dark having little or no light 3
- adjective dark (of a colour) reflecting or transmitting little light 3
- adjective dark (of complexion, hair colour, etc) not fair or blond; swarthy; brunette 3
- adjective dark (in combination) 3
- adjective dark gloomy or dismal 3
- adjective dark sinister; evil 3
- adjective dark sullen or angry 3
- adjective dark ignorant or unenlightened 3
- adjective dark secret or mysterious 3
- adjective dark denoting an (l) pronounced with a velar articulation giving back vowel resonance. In English, l is usually dark when final or preconsonantal 3
- adjective dark entirely or partly without light 3
- adjective dark neither giving nor receiving light 3
- adjective dark giving no performance; closed 3
- adjective dark almost black 3
- adjective dark not light in color; deep in shade 3
- adjective dark not fair in complexion; brunet or swarthy 3
- adjective dark hidden; secret 3
- adjective dark not easily understood; hard to make clear; obscure 3
- adjective dark gloomy; hopeless; dismal 3
- adjective dark angry or sullen 3
- adjective dark evil; sinister 3
- adjective dark ignorant; unenlightened 3
- adjective dark deep and rich, with a melancholy sound 3
- adjective dark back 3
- adjective dark having very little or no light: a dark room. 1
- adjective dark radiating, admitting, or reflecting little light: a dark color. 1
- adjective dark approaching black in hue: a dark brown. 1
- adjective dark not pale or fair; swarthy: a dark complexion. 1
- adjective dark brunette; dark-colored: dark eyebrows. 1
- adjective dark having brunette hair: She's dark but her children are blond. 1
- adjective dark (of coffee) containing only a small amount of milk or cream. 1
- adjective dark gloomy; cheerless; dismal: the dark days of World War II. 1
- adjective dark sullen; frowning: a dark expression. 1
- adjective dark evil; iniquitous; wicked: a dark plot. 1
- adjective dark destitute of knowledge or culture; unenlightened. 1
- adjective dark hard to understand; obscure. 1
- adjective dark hidden; secret. 1
- adjective dark silent; reticent. 1
- adjective dark (of a theater) offering no performances; closed: The theaters in this town are dark on Sundays. 1
- adjective dark without light 1
- adjective dark Phonetics. (of an l- sound) having back-vowel resonance; situated after a vowel in the same syllable. Compare clear (def 24a). (of a speech sound) of dull quality; acoustically damped. 1
- adjective dark colour tone 1
- adjective dark opaque 1
- adjective dark threatening 1
- adjective dark tone: deep 1
- adjective dark evil 1
- adjective dark mysterious 1
- adjective dark complexion 1
- adjective dark gloomy 1
- adjective dark Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. 0
- adjective dark (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light. 0
- adjective dark Hidden, secret, obscure. 0
- adjective dark Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign. 0
- adjective dark Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak. 0
- adjective dark Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period. 0
- adjective dark With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either. 0