Words with a similar base: dark, dark-skinned, darkness

'dark'
[dark.n.01] as in: absence of light or illumination



'dark'
[iniquity.n.01] as in: absence of moral or spiritual values


Examples:
the powers of darkness



'dark'
[darkness.n.02] as in: an unilluminated area


Examples:
he moved off into the darkness



'dark'
[night.n.01] as in: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside



'dark'
[dark.n.05] as in: an unenlightened state


Examples:
he was in the dark concerning their intentions
his lectures dispelled the darkness



'dark'
[dark.a.01] as in: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black


Examples:
sitting in a dark corner
a dark day
dark shadows
dark as the inside of a black cat



'dark'
[dark.a.02] as in: (used of color) having a dark hue


Examples:
dark green
dark glasses
dark colors like wine red or navy blue



'dark'
[dark.s.01] as in: brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)


Examples:
dark eyes



'dark'
[black.s.03] as in: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; ; ; ; ; ; ; -Thomas Hardy


Examples:
black deeds
a black lie
his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
Darth Vader of the dark side
a dark purpose
dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility
the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him



'dark'
[dark.s.03] as in: secret


Examples:
keep it dark



'dark'
[dark.s.04] as in: showing a brooding ill humor; ; ; ; ; ; - Bruce Bliven


Examples:
a dark scowl
the proverbially dour New England Puritan
a glum, hopeless shrug
he sat in moody silence
a morose and unsociable manner
a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
a sour temper
a sullen crowd



'dark'
[benighted.s.02] as in: lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture


Examples:
this benighted country
benighted ages of barbarism and superstition
the dark ages
a dark age in the history of education



'dark'
[dark.s.06] as in: marked by difficulty of style or expression


Examples:
much that was dark is now quite clear to me
those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure



'dark'
[blue.s.08] as in: causing dejection


Examples:
a blue day
the dark days of the war
a week of rainy depressing weather
a disconsolate winter landscape
the first dismal dispiriting days of November
a dark gloomy day
grim rainy weather



'dark'
[colored.s.01] as in: having skin rich in melanin pigments


Examples:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
dark-skinned peoples



'dark'
[dark.s.09] as in: not giving performances; closed


Examples:
the theater is dark on Mondays



					

dark (English)
└── derk (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── deorc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))


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