dark

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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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A fairly dark (lacking light) railroad station, with a very dark (lacking light) tunnel beyond

dark (comparative darker, superlative darkest)

  1. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
    The room was too dark for reading.
  2. (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.
  3. Hidden, secret
    • (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, King Lear, i 1
      "Meantime we shall express our darker purpose"
  4. Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
  5. Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak
    The Great Depression was a dark time.
    The film was a dark psychological thriller.
  6. Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period
  7. 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.
  8. (of a source of light) Extinguished.
    Dark signals should be treated as all-way stop signs.
  9. (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.

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dark (usually uncountable; plural darks)

  1. A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
    Dark surrounds us completely.
  2. (uncountable) Ignorance.
    We kept him in the dark.
    The lawyer was left in the dark as to why the jury was dismissed.
  3. (uncountable) Nightfall.
    It was after dark before we got to playing baseball.

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dark (invariable)

  1. dark (used especially to describe a form of punk music)