dark

Synonyms

• darknessabsence of light or illumination ; an unilluminated area; absence of moral or spiritual values; an unenlightened state; having a dark or somber color ; a swarthy complexion

• "the powers of darkness"

Synonyms

• wickednessmorally objectionable behavior ; absence of moral or spiritual values; the quality of being wicked ; estrangement from god ; the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
• darknessabsence of light or illumination ; an unilluminated area; absence of moral or spiritual values; an unenlightened state; having a dark or somber color ; a swarthy complexion

• "he moved off into the darkness"

Synonyms

• darknessabsence of light or illumination ; an unilluminated area; absence of moral or spiritual values; an unenlightened state; having a dark or somber color ; a swarthy complexion
• shadowfollow, usually without the person's knowledge; cast a shadow over ; make appear small by comparison; shade within clear boundaries ; an unilluminated area; something existing in perception only; a premonition of something adverse; an indication that something has been present; refuge from danger or observation; a dominating and pervasive presence; a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements ; an inseparable companion

Synonyms

• nightthe time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside ; a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom ; the period spent sleeping; the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; darkness; a shortening of nightfall; the time between sunset and midnight; Roman goddess of night
• nighttimethe time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"
• "his lectures dispelled the darkness"

Synonyms

• darknessabsence of light or illumination ; an unilluminated area; absence of moral or spiritual values; an unenlightened state; having a dark or somber color ; a swarthy complexion

• "shadowed or black"
• "sitting in a dark corner"
• "a dark day"
• "dark shadows"
• "dark as the inside of a black cat"

• "dark green"
• "dark glasses"
• "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"

• "dark eyes"

• "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"

Synonyms

• blackmake or become black; the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) ; total absence of light; British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) ; popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) ; a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today ; (board games) the darker pieces ; black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin; marked by anger or resentment or hostility; offering little or no hope; stemming from evil characteristics or forces; (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; extremely dark; harshly ironic or sinister; (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; distributed or sold illicitly; (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; (of coffee) without cream or sugar ; soiled with dirt or soot
• sinisterthreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; stemming from evil characteristics or forces; on or starting from the wearer's left

• "keep it dark"

• "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"

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• dourstubbornly unyielding; harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; showing a brooding ill humor
• gloweringshowing a brooding ill humor
• glummoody and melancholic ; showing a brooding ill humor
• moodyUnited States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998) ; United States evangelist (1837-1899) ; showing a brooding ill humor; subject to sharply varying moods
• moroseshowing a brooding ill humor
• saturninebitter or scornful; showing a brooding ill humor
• sourgo sour or spoil; make sour or more sour ; a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar ; the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth ; the property of being acidic ; smelling of fermentation or staleness ; having a sharp biting taste ; one of the four basic taste sensations; in an unpalatable state; inaccurate in pitch; showing a brooding ill humor
• sullenshowing a brooding ill humor; darkened by clouds

• "this benighted country"
• "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"
• "the dark ages"
• "a dark age in the history of education"

Synonyms

• benightedovertaken by night or darkness; lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

• "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"
• "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"

Synonyms

• obscuremake less visible or unclear; make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; make obscure or unclear; reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa ; make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; not clearly expressed or understood; marked by difficulty of style or expression; difficult to find; not famous or acclaimed; not drawing attention; remote and separate physically or socially

• "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"

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• blueturn blue ; blue color or pigment; blue clothing; any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; the sky as viewed during daylight; used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge ; the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae ; of the color intermediate between green and violet; used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); filled with melancholy and despondency; characterized by profanity or cursing; suggestive of sexual impropriety; belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; morally rigorous and strict; causing dejection
• dingythickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; (of color) discolored by impurities; causing dejection
• disconsolatesad beyond comforting; causing dejection
• dismalcausing dejection
• gloomydepressingly dark; filled with melancholy and despondency; causing dejection
• grimnot to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; shockingly repellent; harshly ironic or sinister; harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; filled with melancholy and despondency; causing dejection
• sorryfeeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; bad; without merit; causing dejection
• draba dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown ; lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; lacking brightness or color; of a light brownish green color ; causing dejection
• drearcausing dejection
• drearylacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; causing dejection

• "closed"
• "the theater is dark on Mondays"