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The Meaning of dark

  • (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.

Synonyms

darkness , iniquity , wickedness , darkness , darkness , shadow , night , nighttime , darkness , black , sinister , dour , glowering , glum , moody , morose , saturnine , sour , sullen , benighted , obscure , blue , dingy , disconsolate , dismal , gloomy , grim , sorry , drab , drear , dreary , colored , coloured , dark-skinned , non-white

Antonyms

light , day , light , light

Homophones

darke

Rhymes

aardvark , arc , ark , ballpark , barch , bark , barke , barque , benchmark , birthmark , bismarck , calmark , chark , clark , clarke , darke , demark , denmark , disembark , earmark , embark , goldmark , hallmark , harc , hark , intermark , landmark , lark , larke , marc , mark , marke , marque , matriarch , meadowlark , mediamark , merc , monarch , narc , oligarch , ozark , parc , park , patriarch , pockmark , postmark , premark , quark , question-mark , remark , sark , shark , skylark , sparc , spark , starck , stark , starke , trademark , transpark , watermark