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Definitions for Dark

[1] having very little or no light: a dark room.
[2] radiating, admitting, or reflecting little light: a dark color.
[3] approaching black in hue: a dark brown.
[4] not pale or fair; swarthy: a dark complexion.
[5] brunette; dark-colored: dark eyebrows.
[6] having brunette hair: She's dark but her children are blond.
[7] (of coffee) containing only a small amount of milk or cream.
[8] gloomy; cheerless; dismal: the dark days of World War II.
[9] sullen; frowning: a dark expression.
[10] evil; iniquitous; wicked: a dark plot.
[11] destitute of knowledge or culture; unenlightened.
[12] hard to understand; obscure.
[13] hidden; secret.
[14] silent; reticent.
[15] (of a theater) offering no performances; closed: The theaters in this town are dark on Sundays.
[16] Phonetics . (of an l- sound) having back-vowel resonance; situated after a vowel in the same syllable. Compare clear(def 24a) . (of a speech sound) of dull quality; acoustically damped.
[17] the absence of light; darkness: I can't see well in the dark.
[18] night; nightfall: Please come home before dark.
[19] a dark place.
[20] a dark color.
[21] to make dark; darken.
[22] Obsolete . to grow dark; darken.
[23] in the dark , in ignorance; uninformed: He was in the dark about their plans for the evening. in secrecy; concealed; obscure.
[24] keep dark , to keep as a secret; conceal: They kept their political activities dark.
[25] having little or no light a dark street
[26] (of a colour) reflecting or transmitting little light dark brown Compare light 1 (def. 29), medium (def. 2)
[27] (of complexion, hair colour, etc) not fair or blond; swarthy; brunette (in combination ) dark-eyed
[28] gloomy or dismal
[29] sinister; evil a dark purpose
[30] sullen or angry a dark scowl
[31] ignorant or unenlightened a dark period in our history
[32] secret or mysterious keep it dark
[33] phonetics denoting an (l) pronounced with a velar articulation giving back vowel resonance. In English, l is usually dark when final or preconsonantal Compare light 1 (def. 30)
[34] go dark stock exchange informal (of a company) to remove itself from the register of major exchanges while continuing to trade
[35] absence of light; darkness
[36] night or nightfall
[37] a dark place, patch, or shadow
[38] a state of ignorance (esp in the phrase in the dark )
[39] an archaic word for darken

Words related to Dark

dim, misty, murky, shadowy, overcast, somber, cloudy, dingy, gloomy, black, drab, foggy, dull, darkened, tan, mysterious, deep, sinister, ominous, bleak

Words nearby Dark

dariole, darius i, darius ii, darius iii, darjeeling, dark, dark adaptation, dark ages, dark chocolate, dark cloud, dark comedy

Origin of Dark

before 1000; (adj.) Middle English derk, Old English deorc; (noun and v.) Middle English, derivative of the adj.; compare Middle High German terken to darken, hide

Other words from Dark

non·dark , adjective
pre·dark , adjective

Word origin for Dark

Old English deorc ; related to Old High German terchennen to hide

Synonyms for Dark

black, cloudy, darkened, dim, dingy, drab, dull, foggy, gloomy, misty, murky, overcast, shadowy, somber, dun, dusk, faint, aphotic, atramentous, blackish, caliginous, cimmerian, clouded, crepuscular, dusky, grimy, ill-lighted, indistinct, inky, lightless, lurid, nebulous, obfuscous, obscure, opaque, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, shaded, shady, sooty, stygian, sunless, tenebrous, unlighted, unlit, vague