dark
About 68.87 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
The room was too dark for reading.
- adjective Extinguished.
Dark signals should be treated as all-way stop signs.
- adjective Deprived of sight; blind.
- adjective Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- adjective Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
My sister’s hair is darker than mine.
- adjective Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- adjective Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
The dark side of the moon.
- adjective Having racing capability not widely known.
Similar words
subdued darkened darkening pitch-dark pitch-black black caliginous dusky dispiriting cimmerian
Often followed by
and brown eyes green blue hair red ages night
Word family
darked darker darkest darking darkish darklier darkliest darkly darks
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