dark, adj.
freq. cnt. 94
freq. cnt. 94
devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 49
dark
sample sentences
"sitting in a dark corner""a dark day"
"dark shadows"
"dark as the inside of a black cat"
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attribute
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(used of color) having a dark hue
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 27
dark
sample sentences
"dark green""dark glasses"
"dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13
dark
sample sentences
"dark eyes"
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stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
black dark sinister
sample sentences
"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
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not giving performances; closed
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dark
causing dejection
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blue dark dingy disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary gloomy grim sorry
sample sentences
"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"
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marked by difficulty of style or expression
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
dark obscure
sample sentences
"much that was dark is now quite clear to me""those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
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lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
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benighted dark
sample sentences
"this benighted country""benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"
"the dark ages"
"a dark age in the history of education"
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showing a brooding ill humor
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
dark dour glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen
sample sentences
"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"
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secret
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