dark /dɑrk/
1. absence of light or illumination
2. absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"
synset: wickedness, darkness, dark
3. an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
synset: darkness, dark, shadow
4. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
synset: night, nighttime, dark
antonym: day, daytime, daylight
5. an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
1. devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
synset: dark
2. (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
synset: dark
3. brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes"
synset: dark
4. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
synset: dark
6. showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"
synset: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
7. lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education"
8. marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
9. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
synset: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
10. not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays"
synset: dark
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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