DARK


Meaning of DARK in English

adjective

1.

deficient in light

a dark room

Synonyms: caliginous, dim, dun, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, somber, tenebrous, unilluminated

Related Word: cloudy, dull, shadowy, shady; pitch-black, pitch-dark

Contrasted words: bright, brilliant, luminous, radiant; enlightened, illuminated, illumined, lighted

Antonyms: light

2.

Synonyms: cryptic , Delphian, enigmatic, mystifying

Related Word: abstruse, esoteric, hidden, occult, recondite; anagogic, cabalistic, darkling, mystic, mystical; complicated, intricate, knotty

Contrasted words: clear, perspicuous; easy, facile, light, simple

Antonyms: lucid

3.

of dark complexion

her dark good looks

Synonyms: bistered, black-a-vised, brunet, dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarth, swarthy

Contrasted words: blond, fair, light; ruddy, tawny

|| 4.

Synonyms: blind 1, eyeless, sightless, stone-blind, visionless

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