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Overview of adj dark The adj dark has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (50) dark -- (devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "the theater is dark on Mondays"; "dark as the inside of a black cat") 2. (27) dark -- ((used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue") 3. (13) dark -- ((used of hair or skin or eyes) "dark eyes") 4. (5) black, dark, sinister -- (stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "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"-Thomas Hardy) 5. (5) blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (causing dejection; "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") 6. dark -- (secret; "keep it dark"; "the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East") 7. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (showing a brooding ill humor; "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"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd") 8. benighted, dark -- (lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education") 9. dark, obscure -- (marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure") 10. colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned -- (having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples") 11. dark -- (not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays") Antonyms of adj dark 11 senses of dark Sense 1 dark (vs. light) light (vs. dark) => ablaze(prenominal), inflamed, reddened => bioluminescent => bright => candescent => floodlit, floodlighted => fluorescent => illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted => illuminating => incandescent, candent => lamplit => lighting-up(postnominal) => livid => phosphorescent => sunlit, sunstruck => white => luminescent Sense 2 dark (vs. light) light (vs. dark), light-colored => pale => pastel => powdery => palish Sense 3 dark INDIRECT (VIA brunet) -> blond, blonde, light-haired Sense 4 black, dark, sinister INDIRECT (VIA evil) -> good Sense 5 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim INDIRECT (VIA cheerless) -> cheerful Sense 6 dark INDIRECT (VIA concealed) -> unconcealed Sense 7 dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen INDIRECT (VIA ill-natured) -> good-natured Sense 8 benighted, dark INDIRECT (VIA unenlightened) -> enlightened Sense 9 dark, obscure INDIRECT (VIA incomprehensible) -> comprehensible, comprehendible Sense 10 colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned INDIRECT (VIA black) -> white Sense 11 dark INDIRECT (VIA inactive) -> active Similarity of adj dark 11 senses of dark Sense 1 dark (vs. light) => Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian => aphotic => black, pitch-black, pitch-dark => caliginous => Cimmerian => crepuscular => darkened => darkening => darkling => darkling => dim, subdued => glooming, gloomy, gloomful => lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit => lightproof, light-tight => dusky, twilight(postnominal), twilit => tenebrous, tenebrific, tenebrious Sense 2 dark (vs. light) => darkish Also See-> black#1, achromatic#2 Sense 3 dark => brunet (vs. blond), brunette Sense 4 black, dark, sinister => evil (vs. good), wicked Sense 5 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim => cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful Sense 6 dark => concealed (vs. unconcealed) Sense 7 dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen => ill-natured (vs. good-natured) Sense 8 benighted, dark => unenlightened (vs. enlightened) Sense 9 dark, obscure => incomprehensible (vs. comprehensible), uncomprehensible Sense 10 colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned => black (vs. white) Sense 11 dark => inactive (vs. active) Attributes of adj dark 2 of 11 senses of dark Sense 1 dark (vs. light) => light, lightness Sense 2 dark (vs. light) => value Familiarity of adj dark dark used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11) Grep of adj dark dark dark-blue dark-brown dark-green dark-haired dark-skinned darkened darkening darkish darkling pitch-dark Overview of adj dark The adj dark has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (50) dark -- (devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "the theater is dark on Mondays"; "dark as the inside of a black cat") 2. (27) dark -- ((used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue") 3. (13) dark -- ((used of hair or skin or eyes) "dark eyes") 4. (5) black, dark, sinister -- (stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "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"-Thomas Hardy) 5. (5) blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (causing dejection; "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") 6. dark -- (secret; "keep it dark"; "the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East") 7. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen -- (showing a brooding ill humor; "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"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd") 8. benighted, dark -- (lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education") 9. dark, obscure -- (marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure") 10. colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned -- (having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples") 11. dark -- (not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays")
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