dark

nouns

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

adjectives

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"
dark
is derived from
darkness
antonym
light
is similar to
dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
"in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth
Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian
is similar to
lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight
"the aphotic depths of the sea where no photosynthesis occurs"
aphotic
is similar to
extremely dark
"a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar"
black, pitch-black, pitch-dark
is similar to
dark and misty and gloomy
caliginous
is similar to
intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness
"the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt"-Norman Douglas
Cimmerian
is similar to
like twilight; dim
"the evening's crepuscular charm"
crepuscular
is similar to
become or made dark by lack of light
"a darkened house"; "the darkened theater"
darkened
is similar to
becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over
"the darkening sky"
darkening
is similar to
(poetic) occurring in the dark or night
"a darkling journey"
darkling
is similar to
uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure
"a darkling glance"; "secret operatives and darkling conspiracies"-Archibald MacLeish
darkling
is similar to
lacking in light; not bright or harsh
"a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
dim, subdued
is similar to
lighted by or as if by twilight
"The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"
dusky, twilight, twilit
is similar to
depressingly dark
"the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic"
gloomful, glooming, gloomy, sulky
is similar to
without illumination
"came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets"
lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit
is similar to
partially devoid of light or brightness
"semidark room"
semidark
is similar to
dark and gloomy
"a tenebrous cave"
tenebrific, tenebrious, tenebrous
is an attribute of
the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
"he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark"
light, lightness
(used of color) having a dark hue
"dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
dark
is derived from
darkness
antonym
light
is similar to
slightly dark
"darkish red"
darkish
see also
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
"black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil"
black
is an attribute of
relative darkness or lightness of a color
"I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe
value
brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
"dark eyes"
dark
is derived from
darkness
is similar to
marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
"a brunette beauty"
brunet, brunette
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
black, dark, sinister
is derived from
darkness
secret
"keep it dark"
dark
is derived from
darkness
is similar to
hidden on any grounds for any motive
"a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase"
concealed
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"
dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen
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"
benighted, dark
is derived from
darkness
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"
dark, obscure
is derived from
darkness
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"
blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry
having skin rich in melanin pigments
"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white
is derived from
darkness
not giving performances; closed
"the theater is dark on Mondays"
dark
is similar to
lacking activity; lying idle or unused
"an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
inactive