Dark (Adjective)
Meaning 1
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".
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Meaning 2
(used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue".
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Meaning 3
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.
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Meaning 4
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".
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Meaning 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".
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Meaning 6
Brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes".
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Meaning 7
Not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays".
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Meaning 9
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".
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- The dark alleyway was a favorite spot for teenagers to sneak around.
- The room was so dark I couldn't see my hand in front of my face.
- The stormy weather cast a dark shadow over the entire town.
- Her eyes seemed dark and sunken after a long, sleepless night.
- The cave was dark and eerie, the perfect setting for a horror movie.
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Meaning 10
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".
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