1. (

• dark ,
• darkness

) absence of light or illumination ;

2. (

• wickedness ,
• darkness ,
• dark ,

) absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" ;

3. (

• darkness ,
• dark ,
• shadow

) an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" ;

4. (

• night ,
• nighttime ,
• dark

) the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside ;

5. (

• dark ,
• darkness

) an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" ;

1. (

• dark ,

) 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" ;

2. (

• dark ,

) (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue" ;

3. (

• dark

) brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes" ;

4. (

• black ,
• dark ,
• sinister

) 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 ;

5. (

• dark

) secret; "keep it dark" ;

6. (

• dark ,
• dour ,
• glowering ,
• glum ,
• moody ,
• morose ,
• saturnine ,
• sour ,
• sullen

) 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" ;

7. (

• benighted ,
• dark

) 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" ;

8. (

• dark ,
• obscure

) 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" ;

9. (

• blue ,
• dark ,
• dingy ,
• disconsolate ,
• dismal ,
• gloomy ,
• grim ,
• sorry ,
• drab ,
• drear ,
• dreary

) 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" ;

10. (

• dark

) not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays" ;