Related / Similar Words:
darkness, shadow, iniquity, wickedness, night, nighttime, colored, coloured, dark-skinned, blue, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, obscure, benighted, black, sinister, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen Definition: an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness";an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness";absence of light or illumination;absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness";the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside;not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays";having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples";brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes";devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "the theater is dark on Mondays"; "dark as the inside of a black cat";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";(used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue";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";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";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 sc;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;secret; "keep it dark"; "the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East";
See Also: black, achromatic Hyponyms: night, total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black, blackout, brownout, dimout, semidarkness, weeknight, wedding night Attributes: light, lightness, value Part Meronyms: day, twenty-four hours, solar day, mean solar day Derivational Morphology:
shadow, shade, shade off
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