1. Adjective
Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
2. Adjective
Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
3. Adjective
Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
4. Adjective
Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
5. Adjective
Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
6. Adjective
Deprived of sight; blind.
7. Noun
Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
8. Noun
The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
9. Noun
A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
10. Verb
To darken to obscure.
11. Noun
absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"
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