Dark
[dɑːk] or [dɑrk]
Definition
(noun.) an unenlightened state; 'he was in the dark concerning their intentions'; 'his lectures dispelled the darkness'.
(noun.) absence of light or illumination.
(adj.) not giving performances; closed; 'the theater is dark on Mondays' .
(adj.) brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); 'dark eyes' .
(adj.) devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; 'sitting in a dark corner'; 'a dark day'; 'dark shadows'; 'dark as the inside of a black cat' .
(adj.) (used of color) having a dark hue; 'dark green'; 'dark glasses'; 'dark colors like wine red or navy blue' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) secret; 'keep it dark' .
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Definition
(a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
(a.) Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
(a.) Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
(a.) Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
(a.) Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
(a.) Deprived of sight; blind.
(n.) Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
(n.) The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
(n.) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
(v. t.) To darken to obscure.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unilluminated, unenlightened, dusky, shadowy, rayless, sunless, darksome, lurid, murky, cloudy, shady, overcast, black, ebon, Cimmerian, not light, pitchy.[2]. Mysterious, obscure, incomprehensible, unintelligible, enigmatical, mystic, mystical, recondite, occult, transcendental, abstruse, cabalistic.[3]. Gloomy, disheartening, discouraging, cheerless, dismal.[4]. Untaught, ignorant, unlettered, rude.[5]. Wicked, atrocious, infamous, foul, vile, infernal.
n. [1]. Darkness, obscurity, want of light.[2]. Ignorance, blindness, want of knowledge.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Black, dusky, sable, swarthy, opaque, obscure, enigmatical, recondite,abstruse, unintelligible, blind, ignorant, besotted, benighted, dim, shadowy,inexplicable, secret, mysterious, hidden, murky, nebulous, cheerless, dismal,dim, gloomy, sombre, joyless, mournful, sorrowful
ANT:White, fair, light, radiant, bright, lucid, crystalline, transparent,brilliant, plain, intelligible, enlightened, glaring, dazzling, illumined,festive, luminous
Typist: Vilma
Definition
adj. without light: black or somewhat black: gloomy: difficult to understand: unenlightened: secret: sinister.—n. absence of light: obscurity: a state of ignorance.—adv. (Shak.) in a state of dark.—v.t. Dark′en to make dark: to render ignorant: to sully.—v.i. to grow dark or darker.—n. Dark′-house (Shak.) a mad-house.—adj. Dark′ish somewhat dark: dusky.—v.i. Dark′le to grow dark.—adv. and adj. Dark′ling dark: in the dark.—advs. Dark′lings (poet.) in the dark; Dark′ly.—n. Dark′ness.—adj. Dark′some dark: (poet.) gloomy.—ns. Dark′y Dark′ey a negro: (slang) a policeman's lantern.—Dark ages the period of intellectual darkness in Europe from the 5th to the 15th century.—Darken the door to enter in at the door.—A dark horse in racing a horse whose capabilities are not known: a candidate about whom it is not known till the last moment that he is a candidate.—Keep dark to be silent or secret; Keep it dark to conceal.—The prince of darkness Satan.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of darkness overtaking you on a journey, augurs ill for any work you may attempt, unless the sun breaks through before the journey ends, then faults will be overcome. To lose your friend, or child, in the darkness, portends many provocations to wrath. Try to remain under control after dreaming of darkness, for trials in business and love will beset you.
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Examples
- It was already dark when we reached it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Night also closed around; and when I could hardly see the dark mountains, I felt still more gloomily. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The day was cold and dark and wintry and the stone of the houses looked cold. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The latter peculiarity took the form of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There are some points which are as dark as ever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was admiring the boy's handsome dark eyes, when the mother, young Mrs. Leigh, entered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I don't remember much about it, except that I was afraid of the cellar and the dark entry, and always liked the cake and milk we had up at the top. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As I was descending the grand staircase in a very ill-humour, a well-known voice, from a little dark passage, called me by my name. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And she knew that under this dark and lonely bridge the young colliers stood in the darkness with their sweethearts, in rainy weather. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was very pretty to look at, but seemed to have the effect of rendering surrounding objects rather darker than before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- So much was done and gone, that when I went out at the gate, the light of the day seemed of a darker color than when I went in. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- For a brief time I wandered, in the sweet guiding of love, far from the purpose to which I had been true under sterner discipline and in darker days. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Sordid in my grief, sordid in my love, sordid in my miserable escape from the darker side of both, oh see the ruin I am, and hate me, shun me! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Poor Dagley read a few verses sometimes on a Sunday evening, and the world was at least not darker to him than it had been before. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Darker than Tamsin, murmured Mrs. Yeobright. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But I doubt if they had more meaning in them than an election cry, and I cannot suggest a darker picture of her state of mind. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was a cloudy night, and the black shadow of the Mounds made the dark yard darker. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Pray take care, Miss Woodhouse, ours is rather a dark staircaserather darker and narrower than one could wish. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Less remarkable, now that she was not alone and it was darker, Mrs Clennam hurried on at Little Dorrit's side, unmolested. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Few ways of life were hidden from Physician, and he was oftener in its darkest places than even Bishop. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- True, there is religious trust for even the darkest hour. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mrs. Sparsit gave him a look of the darkest scorn, and said with great politeness, 'Really, sir? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- This case of yours, Mr. Phelps, is certainly one of the darkest which I have ever investigated. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But to me the shadow of that pair, one living and one dead, fell heavier on Richard's departure than the darkness of the darkest night. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There comes the darkest part of Provis's life. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Learning, which in Rome's darkest days had found refuge in Britain and Ireland, returned book in hand. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The heaven being spread with this pallid screen and the earth with the darkest vegetation, their meeting-line at the horizon was clearly marked. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- These people here live in the heaviest, highest, broadest, darkest, solidest houses one can imagine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Offer to the strongest--if the darkest angel of God's host--water, when he has asked blood--will he take it? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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