dark meaning and definition

DARK noun

Definition of dark (noun)

1. absence of light or illumination
   • synonyms: darkness
   • antonym: light
2. absence of moral or spiritual values
   • "the powers of darkness"
   • synonyms: darkness, iniquity, wickedness
3. an unilluminated area
   • "he moved off into the darkness"
   • synonyms: darkness, shadow
4. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
   • synonyms: night, nighttime
   • antonym: day
5. an unenlightened state
   • "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
   • synonyms: darkness

DARK adjective

Definition of dark (adjective)

1. devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
   • "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
   • antonym: light
2. (used of color) having a dark hue
   • "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
   • antonym: light
3. brunet (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
   • synonyms: black, sinister
5. secret
   • "keep it dark"
6. 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"
   • synonyms: dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
7. 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"
   • synonyms: benighted
8. 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"
   • synonyms: obscure
9. 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"
   • synonyms: blue, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry
10. having skin rich in melanin pigments
    • "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
    • synonyms: colored, coloured, dark-skinned, non-white
11. not giving performances; closed
    • "the theater is dark on Mondays"