All dark synonyms
dark
D d adj dark
- cimmerian β very dark; gloomy
- aphotic β characterized by or growing in the absence of light
- crepuscular β Crepuscular means relating to twilight.
- lightless β without light or lights; receiving no light; dark.
- pitch-dark β dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
- rayless β lacking rays or raylike parts.
- stygian β of or relating to the river Styx or to Hades.
- unlit β not illuminated
- swarthy β (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
- bister β a yellowish-brown to dark-brown pigment made from the soot of burned wood
- adumbral β shadowy
- ebon β ebony (def 6).
- swart β swarthy.
- abstruse β You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
- anagogic β of or relating to an anagoge.
- arcane β Something that is arcane is secret or mysterious.
- cabalistic β of or relating to the cabala.
- complicated β If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
- concealed β to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- cryptic β A cryptic remark or message contains a hidden meaning or is difficult to understand.
- intricate β having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- knotty β having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
- mystical β mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- puzzling β confusing or baffling: a puzzling answer.
- recondite β dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.
- mystifying β to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- delphian β a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- cheerless β Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- dismal β causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- doleful β sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.
- joyless β without joy or gladness; unhappy: the joyless days of the war.
- morbid β suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- morose β gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- unpropitious β presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- atrocious β If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- corrupt β Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- damnable β You use damnable to emphasize that you dislike or disapprove of something a great deal.
- hellish β of, like, or suitable to hell; infernal; vile; horrible: It was a hellish war.
- horrible β causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
verb dark
- short-circuit β Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
- give the slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- circumlocute β to speak in a circuitous way
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- juke β to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get out of β extricate oneself from
adjective dark
- atramentous β similar to or as black as ink
- brown β Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
- chestnut β A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- hair β any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.