Word Frequency
dark (dɑːk
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Definitions
adjective
- having little or no light ⇒
a dark street
- (of a colour) reflecting or transmitting little light ⇒
dark brown
Compare light1 (sense 29), medium (sense 2) -
- (of complexion, hair colour, etc) not fair or blond; swarthy; brunette
- (in combination) ⇒
dark-eyed
- gloomy or dismal
- sinister; evil ⇒
a dark purpose
- sullen or angry ⇒
a dark scowl
- ignorant or unenlightened ⇒
a dark period in our history
- secret or mysterious ⇒
keep it dark
- (phonetics) denoting an (l) pronounced with a velar articulation giving back vowel resonance. In English, l is usually dark when final or preconsonantal Compare light1 (sense 30)
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See go dark
noun
- absence of light; darkness
- night or nightfall
- a dark place, patch, or shadow
- a state of ignorance (esp in the phrase in the dark)
verb
- an archaic word for darken
Derived Forms
ˈdarkish adjectiveˈdarkly adverb
ˈdarkness noun
Word Origin
Old English deorc; related to Old High German terchennen to hideSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = dim, murky, shady, shadowy, grey, cloudy, dingy, overcast, dusky, unlit, pitch-black, indistinct, poorly lit, sunless, tenebrous, darksome, pitchy, unilluminated
= evil, foul, horrible, sinister, infamous, vile, satanic, wicked, atrocious, sinful, hellish, infernal, nefarious, damnable
= secret, deep, hidden, mysterious, concealed, obscure, mystic, enigmatic, puzzling, occult, arcane, cryptic, abstruse, recondite, Delphic
Quotations including 'dark'
"The darkest hour is just before the dawn"
Translations for 'dark'
- British English: dark When it is dark, there is no light or not much light.dɑːk ADJECTIVEnot light
- Arabic: مُظْلِم
- Brazilian Portuguese: escuro escura
- Chinese: 黑暗的
- Croatian: mračan mračna
- Czech: tmavý
- Danish: mørk
- Dutch: donker
- European Spanish: oscuro oscura
- Finnish: tumma
- French: sombre
- German: dunkel
- Greek: σκοτεινός σκοτεινή
- Italian: scuro scura
- Japanese: 暗い
- Korean: 어두운
- Norwegian: mørk
- Polish: ciemny ciemna
- Portuguese: escuro escura
- Romanian: întunecat întunecat, întunecată, întunecați, întunecate
- Russian: темный темная
- Spanish: oscuro oscura
- Swedish: mörk mörkt
- Thai: มืด
- Turkish: karanlık
- Ukrainian: темний
- Vietnamese: tối tăm
- British English: dark The dark is the lack of light in a place.I've always been afraid of the dark.dɑːk NOUN
- Arabic: ظَلام
- Brazilian Portuguese: escuro
- Chinese: 黑暗
- Croatian: mrak
- Czech: tma
- Danish: mørke
- Dutch: donker
- European Spanish: oscuridad
- Finnish: pimeä
- French: noir
- German: Dunkel
- Greek: σκοτάδι
- Italian: buio
- Japanese: 闇
- Korean: 어둠
- Norwegian: mørke
- Polish: ciemność
- Portuguese: escuro
- Romanian: întuneric
- Russian: тьма
- Spanish: oscuridad
- Swedish: mörker
- Thai: ความมืด
- Turkish: karanlık
- Ukrainian: темрява
- Vietnamese: bóng tối
- British English: darkdɑːk A dark colour is not pale.He wore dark blue jeans. ADJECTIVEnot pale
- Arabic: داكِن
- Brazilian Portuguese: preto preta
- Chinese: 深的
- Croatian: taman
- Czech: tmavý
- Danish: mørke-
- Dutch: donker
- European Spanish: oscuro
- Finnish: tumma
- French: foncécouleur
- German: dunkel
- Greek: σκούρος σκούρα
- Italian: scuro scura
- Japanese: 濃い
- Korean: 어두운
- Norwegian: mørk
- Polish: ciemny ciemna
- Portuguese: escuro
- Romanian: închis închis, închisă, închiși, închise
- Russian: темный
- Spanish: oscuro oscura
- Swedish: mörk mörkt
- Thai: เข้ม
- Turkish: koyu
- Ukrainian: темний
- Vietnamese: tối đen
Example Sentences Including 'dark'
'In the menswear section the colours range from dark black to light black to light brown to navy.Glasgow Herald (2001)
A cavern, measureless in the dark , perhaps going on forever.LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
And at only 10, the dark bay still has plenty of time ahead to realise his potential.Country Life (2004)
Bright, sunny weather is more pleasant than dark , cold weather.BEYOND FEAR (2002)
Her skin was flushed from the walk, her dark hair piled loosely on top of her head.TREASON KEEP (2001)
His mother weighed in about the dangers, the pain, the dark places that can only be discovered in the ring.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Mr Tony Doyle described arriving home from work that night and finding Mr Conlon sitting in the dark.Irish Times (2002)
She had very dark blue eyes that were almost black, like Marianne's.THE EXECUTION (2002)
We were surprised to see that our "snake" was what looked for all the world a plate of pastries with a dark filling.Irish Times (2002)
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