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'

(used of color) having a dark hue; dark green; dark glasses; dark colors like wine red or navy blue'

absence of light or illumination

[ Syn: darkness ]

absence of moral or spiritual values; the powers of darkness

[ Syn: iniquity , wickedness , darkness ]

an unilluminated area; he moved off into the darkness

[ Syn: darkness , shadow ]

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

[ Syn: night , nighttime ]

an unenlightened state; he was in the dark concerning their intentions; his lectures dispelled the darkness

[ Syn: darkness ]

having skin rich in melanin pigments; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; dark-skinned peoples

[ Syn: colored , coloured , dark-skinned , non-white ]

not giving performances; closed; the theater is dark on Mondays'

brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); dark eyes'

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

[ Syn: black , sinister ]

secret; keep it dark'

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

[ Syn: dour , glowering , glum , moody , morose , saturnine , sour , sullen ]

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

[ Syn: benighted ]

marked by difficulty of style or expression; much that was dark is now quite clear to me; those who do not appreciate Kafkas work say his style is obscure

[ Syn: obscure ]

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

[ Syn: blue , dingy , disconsolate , dismal , gloomy , grim , sorry , drab , drear , dreary ]