dark

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
2. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
3. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
4. Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension: caliginous, darkling, dim, gloomy, lightless, sombre.
5. Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
6. Ambiguously or unclearly expressed: enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious, obscure, undefined.
7. Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious.
8. Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious.
9. Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
10. Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
11. Lacking progress in science or the arts.
12. Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
13. 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.
14. Off the air; not transmitting.

Noun

1. A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
2. Ignorance.
3. Nightfall.
4. A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.

Verb

1. To grow or become dark, darken.
2. To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
3. To make dark, darken; to obscure.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/dɑɹk/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English derk, from Old English deorc, from Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dim, dull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“dull, dirty”).

Sinne

The attic was dark and smelt of old dust .