dark
adj 1: 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"
[ant: {light}]
2: (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark
glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue" [ant: {light}]
3: (used of hair or skin or eyes) "dark eyes"
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 [syn: {black},
{sinister}]
5: 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" [syn:
{blue}, {depressing}, {disconsolate}, {dismal}, {dispiriting},
{gloomy}, {grim}]
6: secret; "keep it dark"; "the dark mysteries of Africa and
the fabled wonders of the East"
7: 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" [syn: {dour}, {glowering}, {glum}, {moody}, {morose},
{saturnine}, {sour}, {sullen}]
8: 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" [syn: {benighted}]
9: 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" [syn: {obscure}]
10: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races";
"dark-skinned peoples" [syn: {colored}, {coloured}, {dark-skinned}]
11: not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on
Mondays"
n 1: absence of light or illumination [syn: {darkness}] [ant: {light}]
2: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of
darkness" [syn: {iniquity}, {wickedness}, {darkness}]
3: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
[syn: {darkness}, {shadow}]
4: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark
outside [syn: {night}, {nighttime}] [ant: {day}]
5: an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their
intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: {darkness}]