| dark | (adjective) devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black | - |
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| (adjective) (used of color) having a dark hue | - |
| (adjective) brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes) | - |
| (adjective) secret | - |
| (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
| (adjective) stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable | Synonyms: black, sinister |
| (adjective) showing a brooding ill humor | Synonyms: dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen |
| (adjective) not giving performances; closed | - |
| (adjective) marked by difficulty of style or expression | Synonyms: obscure |
| (adjective) lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture | Synonyms: benighted |
| (noun) an unenlightened state | Synonyms: darkness |
| (noun) an unilluminated area | Synonyms: darkness, shadow |
| (noun) absence of light or illumination | Synonyms: darkness |
| (noun) absence of moral or spiritual values | Synonyms: darkness, wickedness |
| (noun) the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside | Synonyms: night, nighttime |
| darken | (verb) become dark or darker | - |
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| (verb) make dark or darker | - |
| (verb) tarnish or stain | - |
| darkened | (adjective) become or made dark by lack of light | - |
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| (adjective) (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time | - |
| darkening | (adjective) becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over | - |
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| (noun) changing to a darker color | Synonyms: blackening |
| darkey | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people | Synonyms: darkie, darky |
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| darkie | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people | Synonyms: darkey, darky |
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| darkish | (adjective) slightly dark | - |
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| darkling | (adjective) (poetic) occurring in the dark or night | - |
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| (adjective) uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure | - |
| darkly | (adverb) without light | Synonyms: in darkness |
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| (adverb) in a dark glowering menacing manner | - |
| darkness | (noun) a swarthy complexion | Synonyms: duskiness, swarthiness |
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| (noun) having a dark or somber color | - |
| (noun) an unenlightened state | Synonyms: dark |
| (noun) an unilluminated area | Synonyms: dark, shadow |
| (noun) absence of light or illumination | Synonyms: dark |
| (noun) absence of moral or spiritual values | Synonyms: dark, wickedness |
| darkroom | (noun) a room in which photographs are developed | - |
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| darky | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people | Synonyms: darkey, darkie |
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