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▸ adjective: (of a source of light) Extinguished.
▸ adjective: Deprived of sight; blind.
▸ adjective: Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension: caliginous, darkling, dim, gloomy, lightless, sombre.
▸ adjective: (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
▸ adjective: Ambiguously or unclearly expressed: enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious, obscure, undefined.
▸ adjective: Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious.
▸ adjective: (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
▸ adjective: Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
▸ adjective: Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
▸ adjective: (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
▸ adjective: Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
▸ adjective: With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
▸ adjective: (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
▸ noun: A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Ignorance.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Nightfall.
▸ noun: A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To grow or become dark, darken.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make dark, darken; to obscure.
▸ noun: A surname.
Similar:
darkling,
darkening,
caliginous,
pitch-dark,
dusky,
benighted,
glooming,
crepuscular,
tenebrious,
stygian,
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Colors:
dark blue,
dark green,
dark red,
dark purple,
dark brown,
dark gray,
dark orange,
dark cyan,
dark magenta,
dark violet
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