Dictionary
dark
Pronunciation: (därk), [key]
—adj., -er, -est,
—n., v.
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adj.
1. having very little or no light:
a dark room.
2. radiating, admitting, or reflecting little light:
a dark color.
3. approaching black in hue:
a dark brown.
4. not pale or fair; swarthy:
a dark complexion.
5. brunette; dark-colored:
dark eyebrows.
6. having brunette hair:
She's dark but her children are blond.
7. (of coffee) containing only a small amount of milk or cream.
8. gloomy; cheerless; dismal:
the dark days of World War II.
9. sullen; frowning:
a dark expression.
10. evil; iniquitous; wicked:
a dark plot.
11. destitute of knowledge or culture; unenlightened.
12. hard to understand; obscure.
13. hidden; secret.
14. silent; reticent.
15. (of a theater) offering no performances; closed:
The theaters in this town are dark on Sundays.
16. Phonet.
a. (of an
l-sound) having back-vowel resonance; situated after a vowel in the same syllable. Cf.
clear (def. 24a).
b. (of a speech sound) of dull quality; acoustically damped.
17. keep dark, to keep as a secret; conceal:
They kept their political activities dark.
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n.
1. the absence of light; darkness:
I can't see well in the dark.
2. night; nightfall:
Please come home before dark.
3. a dark place.
4. a dark color.
5. in the dark,
a. in ignorance; uninformed:
He was in the dark about their plans for the evening.
b. in secrecy; concealed; obscure.
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v.t.
to make dark; darken.
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v.i.
Obs.to grow dark; darken.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
