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")
dark definition
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