Sekirov Dictionary

dark

UK /dɑːk/US /dɑɹk/

adjective 14
noun 4
verb 3
forms 5
phrases 9

adjective14

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having not enough light to see well, or no light at all
- The room was too dark for reading.
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Extinguished.
- Dark signals should be treated as all-way stop signs.
Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
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Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- My sister’s hair is darker than mine.
- Her skin grew dark with a suntan.
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Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- The Great Depression was a dark time.
- The film was a dark psychological thriller.
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Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- September 11, 2001, the day when four terrorist attacks destroyed the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, is often referred to as America’s dark day.
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With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- The ending of this book is rather dark.
- This show is full of dark humor.
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Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Left him at large to his own dark designs. — 1667
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Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
- The dark side of the moon.
Having racing capability not widely known.
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Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- The dark ages began after the collapse of the Roman Empire.
- The Greek Dark Ages began after the Bronze Age collapse.
Off the air; not transmitting.
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Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? — 1595
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Deprived of sight; blind.
- He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. — 1661

noun4

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A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- Dark surrounds us completely.
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Ignorance.
- We kept him in the dark.
- The lawyer was left in the dark as to why the jury was dismissed.
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Nightfall.
- It was after dark before we got to playing baseball.
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A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to the lights. — 1695

verb3

To grow or become dark, darken.
To make dark, darken; to obscure.
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To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
- To dark is still used in Swaledale (Yorkshire) in the sense of to lie hid, as, 'Te rattens [rats] mun ha bin darkin whel nu [till now]; we hannot heerd tem tis last fortnith'. — 1873

forms

darked · darking · darks · darker · darkest

Phrases with dark

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