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- Dictionarydark/dɑːk/
adjective
- 1. with little or no light: "it's too dark to see much" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a colour or object) not reflecting much light; approaching black in shade: "dark green"
noun
- 1. the absence of light in a place: "Carolyn was sitting in the dark" Similar Opposite
- 2. a dark colour or shade, especially in a painting: "lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief" Similar Opposite
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DARK definition: 1. with little or no light: 2. nearer to black than white in colour: 3. sad and without hope: . Learn more.
hard to understand; obscure: Among the fragments left us by this poet, many lines are dark in meaning. Synonyms: abstruse, recondite. Antonyms: clear. silent; reticent.
16 Ogo 2011 · The meaning of DARK is devoid or partially devoid of light : not receiving, reflecting, transmitting, or radiating light. How to use dark in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dark.
If you describe something as dark, you mean that it is black in colour, or a shade that is close to black. He wore a dark suit and carried a black attaché case. The heavy dark table is inlaid with lighter wood. darkly adverb [ADVERB after verb, Also ADV adj/-ed] Joanne's freckles stood out darkly against her pale skin.
Definitions of dark. adjective. devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black. “sitting in a dark corner” “a dark day” “ dark shadows” synonyms: Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian. dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades. aphotic. lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight. black, pitch-black, pitch-dark.
DARK meaning: 1. with little or no light: 2. nearer to black than white in colour: 3. sad and without hope: . Learn more.
with no light or not much light: It's a bit dark in here. It doesn't get dark until 9 o'clock in the evening. Fewer examples. a dark, dank basement. His attackers cornered him in a dark alley. It gets dark around five o'clock. The room was small and dark. He sat in a dark corner of the room.
Definition of dark adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dark definition: Being or having a complexion that is not light in color.
DARK meaning: 1 : having very little or no light; 2 : not light in color of a color that is closer to black than white
