dark

dark

modif.

1. Lacking brightness

   unlighted, unlit, dim, dusky, murky, gloomy, shadowy, somber, cloudy, foggy, sunless, lightless, indistinct, dull, faint, vague, misty, darkish, deep, drab, dingy, obscure, nebulous, shady, shaded, clouded, darkened, overcast, lowering, Cimmerian, opaque, crepuscular, Stygian, without light, tenebrous, bereft of light, ill-lighted, inky, pitch-dark, black, darkling*, darksome*, pitchy*; see also black 1, dull 2, hazy 1.

   Antonyms bright*, light*, illuminated. *

2. Dismal

   gloomy, hopeless, cheerless, sullen; see dismal 1, sullen.

3. Not known

   cryptic, hidden, mysterious; see obscure 3, secret 1.

4. Lacking light for the future

   sinister, foreboding, unpropitious; see ominous.

5. Dark in complexion

   brunet, brunette, swarthy, tan, black, Negro, Negroid, dusky, sable, dark-skinned, dark-haired, dark-complexioned, nonwhite, colored, Indian, melanous; see also African 2, black 3.

6. Ignorant

   unenlightened, unread, uncultivated; see ignorant 2.

7. Evil

   sinister, iniquitous, immoral, corrupt; see wicked 1.

dark, the general word in this comparison, denotes a partial or complete absence of light a dark night; dim implies so little light that objects can be seen only indistinctly dim shapes in the shadows, the dim light of the moon; dusky suggests the grayish, shadowy light of twilight a dusky winter evening; murky now usually suggests the thick, heavy darkness of fog or smoke-filled air the murky ruins of a temple; gloomy suggests a cloudy, cheerless darkness a gloomy forest

dark

n.

1. Darkness

   gloom, murk, duskiness; see darkness 1.

2. Night

   nighttime, nightfall, evening; see night 1.

in the dark

keep dark