dark

Meaning

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
5. Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
6. Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
7. Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
8. Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
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. (uncountable, usually) A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
2. (uncountable, usually) Ignorance.
3. (uncountable, usually) Nightfall.
4. (uncountable, usually) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.

Verb

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

Opposite of

bright, light, lit, luminous, radiant, dark, pale

Synonyms

black

gloomy

darkness

obscure

dim

night

🌃

dusky

murky

cloudy

☁️

dismal

deep

dull

somber

sullen

dusk

overcast

darken

blackish

sombre

shady

gloom

swarthy

bleak

murk

obscurity

shadowy

secret

㊙️

twilight

nightfall

nighttime

morose

saturnine

dreary

disconsolate

dark-skinned

grim

blue

unclear

evening

🌆

thick

sad

☹️

swart

dense

pitch-black

ignorant

arcane

sable

glowering

glum

night-time

Translations

oscuro

dunkel

sombre

oscuro

obscur

buio

scuro

noir

obscurité

foncé

escuro

donker

oscuridad

Dunkelheit

finster

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɑɹk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: derk

Inherited from Old English: deorc

Inherited from Old English: *dierce

Inherited from Middle English: derken

Inherited from Old English: deorcian

In summary

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”).

Sentences

He has been doing so ever since it fell dark .

A dark black dog is playing with a light brown dog in a backyard .

It bears dark or light pink flowers in June and July .

These hairs , which disappear over time , cover dark brown to black bud scales .

The attic was dark and smelt of old dust .

The candles brightened the dark room near to the garage .