dark
dark is a 4-letter English word with 26 senses as adjective, noun, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
- adjective. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
- adjective. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
- adjective. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
- adjective. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
- adjective. Deprived of sight; blind.
- noun. Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
- noun. The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
- noun. A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
- transitive verb. To darken to obscure.
- noun. an unenlightened state
"he was in the dark concerning their intentions"
"his lectures dispelled the darkness"
- noun. an unilluminated area
"he moved off into the darkness"
- noun. absence of light or illumination
- noun. absence of moral or spiritual values
"the powers of darkness"
- noun. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- adjective. not giving performances; closed
"the theater is dark on Mondays"
- adjective. having skin rich in melanin pigments
"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
"dark-skinned peoples"
- adjective. brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
"dark eyes"
- adjective. devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
"sitting in a dark corner"
"a dark day"
- adjective. causing dejection
"a blue day"
"the dark days of the war"
- adjective. (used of color) having a dark hue
"dark green"
"dark glasses"
- adjective. 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"
- adjective. lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
"this benighted country"
"benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"
- adjective. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable-Thomas Hardy
"black deeds"
"a black lie"
- adjective. showing a brooding ill humor- Bruce Bliven
"a dark scowl"
"the proverbially dour New England Puritan"
- adjective. secret
"keep it dark"
Synonyms
darkness, shadow, iniquity, wickedness, night, nighttime, colored, coloured, blue, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry, obscure, benighted, black, sinister, dour, glowering
Common word forms
darks, darked, darken, darker, darkly, darkest, darkful, darking, darkness
Words from these letters
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