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The Meaning of dark
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(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.
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(a.) Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
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(a.) Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
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(a.) Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
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(a.) Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
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(a.) Deprived of sight; blind.
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(n.) Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
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(n.) The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
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(n.) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
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(v. t.) To darken to obscure.
Synonyms
darkness
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iniquity
,
wickedness
,
darkness
,
darkness
,
shadow
,
night
,
nighttime
,
darkness
,
black
,
sinister
,
dour
,
glowering
,
glum
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moody
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morose
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saturnine
,
sour
,
sullen
,
benighted
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obscure
,
blue
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dingy
,
disconsolate
,
dismal
,
gloomy
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grim
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sorry
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drab
,
drear
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dreary
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colored
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coloured
,
dark-skinned
,
non-white
Antonyms
light
,
day
,
light
,
light
Homophones
darke
Rhymes
aardvark
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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