dark
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Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: därk, MFA(ključ): /dɑɹk/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: därk, MFA(ključ): /dɑːk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rime: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Etymology 1
From Middle English derk, from Old English deorc, from Proto-West Germanic *derk (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dim, dull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“dull, dirty”).
Adjective
dark (comparative darker, superlative darkest)
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- The room was too dark for reading.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
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- 2013 jul 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
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- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Dark signals should be treated as all-way stop signs.
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- 29 March 1661 (entry), 1818 (first published), John Evelyn, Diary
- He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years.
- 29 March 1661 (entry), 1818 (first published), John Evelyn, Diary
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension: caliginous, darkling, dim, gloomy, lightless, sombre.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- my sister's hair is darker than mine; her skin grew dark with a suntan
- Šablon:RQ:Hough Purchase Price
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 2, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
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- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed: enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious, obscure, undefined.
- Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost
- 1594–, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain.
- 1801, Isaac Watts, The improvement of the mind, or A supplement to the art of logic
- It is the remark of an ingenious writer, should a barbarous Indian, who had never seen a palace or a ship, view their separate and disjointed parts, and observe the pillars, doors, windows, cornices and turrets of the one, or the prow and stern, the ribs and masts, the ropes and shrouds, the sails and tackle of the other, he would be able to form but a very lame and dark idea of either of those excellent and useful inventions.
- 1881, John Shairp, Aspects of Poetry
- the dark problems of existence
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious.
- Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare King Lear
- 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter I, in Leave It to Psmith:
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- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
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- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
- a dark villain; a dark deed
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- the Great Depression was a dark time; the film was a dark psychological thriller
- Šablon:RQ:Macaulay Johnson
- 1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book
- There is, in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- 1668, Sir John Denham, The Progress of Learning
- The age wherein he lived was dark, but he
Could not want light who taught the world to see.
- The age wherein he lived was dark, but he
- 1837, Henry Hallam, Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
- The tenth century used to be reckoned by mediaeval historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night.
- 1668, Sir John Denham, The Progress of Learning
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- September 11, 2001, the day when four terrorist attacks destroyed the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, is often referred to as America's dark day.
- 2014 april 1, “Marathon Mementos Remind of Boston's Dark Day”, in NBC News[1]:
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- The ending of this book is rather dark.
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
Synonyms
- (relative lack of light): dim, gloomy, see also Thesaurus:dark
- (sinister or secret): hidden, secret, sinister, see also Thesaurus:hidden
- (without morals): malign, sinister, see also Thesaurus:evil
- (of colour): deep, see also Thesaurus:dark colour
- (conducive to hopelessness): hopeless, negative, pessimistic
- (lacking progress): unenlightened
Antonyms
Derived terms
- Dark Ages
- dark and stormy
- dark art
- dark blue
- dark brown
- dark cabaret
- dark chocolate
- dark comedy
- Dark Continent
- darkcore
- dark culture
- dark current
- darkcutter
- darkcutting
- dark data
- dark earth
- dark elf
- dark energy
- darkey, darkie, darky
- dark factory
- dark fibre
- darkfic
- darkfield
- dark field
- dark figure
- dark flight
- dark flow
- dark fluid
- darkful
- dark glasses
- dark-haired
- dark-hearted
- dark horse
- dark house
- dark hydrogen
- darkish
- dark kitchen
- dark l
- dark lantern
- dark light
- darkling
- darkly
- dark magic
- dark market
- dark matter
- dark meat
- dark money
- dark nebula
- darknet
- dark night of the soul
- dark pattern
- darkpsy
- dark reaction
- dark red
- dark ride
- darkroom
- dark sector
- darkside, dark side
- dark-skinned
- dark slide
- dark soliton
- darksome
- dark space
- dark star
- dark store
- dark territory
- dark tourism
- dark trading
- dark triad
- dark vowel
- darkwave
- Dark Web, dark web
- endark
- go dark
- pitch-dark
- semidark
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn
- wine-dark
Related terms
Translations
having an absolute or relative lack of light
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without moral or spiritual light
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not bright or light, deeper in hue
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Etymology 2
From Middle English derk, derke, dirke, dyrke, from the adjective (see above), or possibly from an unrecorded Old English *dierce, *diercu (“dark, darkness”).
Noun
dark (usually uncountable, plural darks)
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare King Lear
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess[2]:
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- 2013 jul 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
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- Dark surrounds us completely.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
- We kept him in the dark.
- The lawyer was left in the dark as to why the jury was dismissed.
- Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost
- Šablon:RQ:Locke Conduct
- Till we perceive it by our own understandings, we are as much in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as before.
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- It was after dark before we got to playing baseball.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
Synonyms
- (absence of light): darkness
- (ignorance): cluelessness, knowledgelessness, unawareness
- (nightfall): crepusculum, evenfall, mirkning; see also Thesaurus:dusk
Derived terms
Translations
a complete or partial absence of light
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ignorance
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nightfall
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Etymology 3
From Middle English derken, from Old English deorcian, from Proto-West Germanic *derkōn.
Verb
dark
- (intransitive) To grow or become dark, darken.
- (intransitive) To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
- (transitive) To make dark, darken; to obscure.
See also
Anagrams
- k-rad (alphagram adkr)
Etymology
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Adjective
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- dark (used especially to describe a form of punk music)
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