Dictionary Entry
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.
4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 26 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
- 3adjective
Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
- 4adjective
Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
- 5adjective
Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
- 6adjective
Deprived of sight; blind.
- 7noun
Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
- 8noun
The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
- 9noun
A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
- 10transitive verb
To darken to obscure.
- 11noun
an unenlightened state
"he was in the dark concerning their intentions"
"his lectures dispelled the darkness"
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- 12noun
an unilluminated area
"he moved off into the darkness"
- 13noun
absence of light or illumination
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- 14noun
absence of moral or spiritual values
"the powers of darkness"
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- 15noun
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- 16adjective
not giving performances; closed
"the theater is dark on Mondays"
- 17adjective
having skin rich in melanin pigments
"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
"dark-skinned peoples"
- 18adjective
brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
"dark eyes"
- 19adjective
devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
"sitting in a dark corner"
"a dark day"
- 20adjective
causing dejection
"a blue day"
"the dark days of the war"
- 21adjective
(used of color) having a dark hue
"dark green"
"dark glasses"
- 22adjective
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"
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- 23adjective
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
"this benighted country"
"benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"
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- 24adjective
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable-Thomas Hardy
"black deeds"
"a black lie"
- 25adjective
showing a brooding ill humor- Bruce Bliven
"a dark scowl"
"the proverbially dour New England Puritan"
- 26adjective
secret
"keep it dark"
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