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dark definition
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Grep of noun dark dark dark-eyed junco dark-field microscope dark adaptation dark ages dark beer dark blue dark bread dark chocolate dark field illumination dark glasses dark ground illumination dark horse dark lantern dark meat dark red darkening darkey darkie darkling beetle darkling groung beetle darkness darkroom darky Overview of noun dark The noun dark has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (9) dark, darkness -- (absence of light or illumination) 2. (5) iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark -- (absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness") 3. (4) darkness, dark, shadow -- (an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness") 4. (3) night, nighttime, dark -- (the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside) 5. (2) dark, darkness -- (an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness") Overview of adj dark The adj dark has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (50) dark -- (devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "the theater is dark on Mondays"; "dark as the inside of a black cat") 2. (27) dark -- ((used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue") 3. (13) dark -- ((used of hair or skin or eyes) "dark eyes") 4. (5) black, dark, sinister -- (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) 5. (5) blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (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") 6. dark -- (secret; "keep it dark"; "the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East") 7. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (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") 8. benighted, dark -- (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") 9. dark, obscure -- (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") 10. colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned -- (having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples") 11. dark -- (not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays") Antonyms of adj dark 11 senses of dark Sense 1 dark (vs. light) light (vs. dark) => ablaze(prenominal), inflamed, reddened => bioluminescent => bright => candescent => floodlit, floodlighted => fluorescent => illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted => illuminating => incandescent, candent => lamplit => lighting-up(postnominal) => livid => phosphorescent => sunlit, sunstruck => white => luminescent Sense 2 dark (vs. light) light (vs. dark), light-colored => pale => pastel => powdery => palish Sense 3 dark INDIRECT (VIA brunet) -> blond, blonde, light-haired Sense 4 black, dark, sinister INDIRECT (VIA evil) -> good Sense 5 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim INDIRECT (VIA cheerless) -> cheerful Sense 6 dark INDIRECT (VIA concealed) -> unconcealed Sense 7 dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen INDIRECT (VIA ill-natured) -> good-natured Sense 8 benighted, dark INDIRECT (VIA unenlightened) -> enlightened Sense 9 dark, obscure INDIRECT (VIA incomprehensible) -> comprehensible, comprehendible Sense 10 colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned INDIRECT (VIA black) -> white Sense 11 dark INDIRECT (VIA inactive) -> active Similarity of adj dark 11 senses of dark Sense 1 dark (vs. light) => Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian => aphotic => black, pitch-black, pitch-dark => caliginous => Cimmerian => crepuscular => darkened => darkening => darkling => darkling => dim, subdued => glooming, gloomy, gloomful => lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit => lightproof, light-tight => dusky, twilight(postnominal), twilit => tenebrous, tenebrific, tenebrious Sense 2 dark (vs. light) => darkish Also See-> black#1, achromatic#2 Sense 3 dark => brunet (vs. blond), brunette Sense 4 black, dark, sinister => evil (vs. good), wicked Sense 5 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim => cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful Sense 6 dark => concealed (vs. unconcealed) Sense 7 dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen => ill-natured (vs. good-natured) Sense 8 benighted, dark => unenlightened (vs. enlightened) Sense 9 dark, obscure => incomprehensible (vs. comprehensible), uncomprehensible Sense 10 colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned => black (vs. white) Sense 11 dark => inactive (vs. active) Attributes of adj dark 2 of 11 senses of dark Sense 1 dark (vs. light) => light, lightness Sense 2 dark (vs. light) => value Familiarity of adj dark dark used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11) Grep of adj dark dark dark-blue dark-brown dark-green dark-haired dark-skinned darkened darkening darkish darkling pitch-dark Overview of noun dark The noun dark has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (9) dark, darkness -- (absence of light or illumination) 2. (5) iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark -- (absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness") 3. (4) darkness, dark, shadow -- (an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness") 4. (3) night, nighttime, dark -- (the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside) 5. (2) dark, darkness -- (an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness") Overview of adj dark The adj dark has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (50) dark -- (devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "the theater is dark on Mondays"; "dark as the inside of a black cat") 2. (27) dark -- ((used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue") 3. (13) dark -- ((used of hair or skin or eyes) "dark eyes") 4. (5) black, dark, sinister -- (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) 5. (5) blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (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") 6. dark -- (secret; "keep it dark"; "the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East") 7. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (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") 8. benighted, dark -- (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") 9. dark, obscure -- (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") 10. colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned -- (having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples") 11. dark -- (not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays")
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