dark
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English derk, from Old English deorc (“dark, obscure, gloomy, without light, dreadful, horrible, sad, cheerless, sinister, wicked”), from Proto-Germanic *derkaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dim, dull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“dull, dirty”). Cognate with Middle High German derken, terken (“to darken, sully”) and Albanian terr (“darkness”).
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Adjective [edit]
dark (comparative darker, superlative darkest)
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- The room was too dark for reading.
- (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.
- Hidden, secret
- (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, King Lear, i 1
- "Meantime we shall express our darker purpose"
- (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, King Lear, i 1
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak
- The Great Depression was a dark time.
- The film was a dark psychological thriller.
- Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period
- 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.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Dark signals should be treated as all-way stop signs.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
Synonyms [edit]
- (relative lack of light): dim, gloomy
- (sinister or secret): hidden, secret, sinister
- (without morals): malign, sinister
- (of colour): deep
- (conducive to hopelessness): hopeless, negative, pessimistic
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Translations [edit]
having an absolute or relative lack of light
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hidden, secret
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without moral or spiritual light
not bright or light, deeper in hue
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Noun [edit]
dark (usually uncountable; plural darks)
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- 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.
- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- It was after dark before we got to playing baseball.
Translations [edit]
a complete or partial absence of light
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ignorance
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nightfall
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Adjective [edit]
dark (invariable)
- dark (used especially to describe a form of punk music)
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