Dark
nnoun.stateabsence of light or illuminationSynset:darkness
Antonyms:light
Derivationally Related Form:dark
Hypernyms:illumination
Inherited Hypernyms:darkilluminationstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:blackblacknessblackoutbrownoutdimoutlightlessnessnightpitch blacknesssemidarknesstotal darkness
Full Hyponyms:blackoutcloudinessdimnessgloomnightobscuritypenumbrasemidarknessshadeshadowtotal darknessumbra
nnoun.stateabsence of moral or spiritual valuesSynset:darkness wickedness
Derivationally Related Form:wickeddark
Hypernyms:condition status
Inherited Hypernyms:wickednessconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:foulness
nnoun.locationan unilluminated areaSynset:darkness shadow
Examples:- he moved off into the darkness
Derivationally Related Form:shadowdark
Hypernyms:scene
Inherited Hypernyms:darknessscenearearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.timethe time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outsideSynset:night nighttime
Antonyms:day
Derivationally Related Form:nightly
Part Holonyms:24-hour interval day mean solar day solar day twenty-four hour period twenty-four hours
Hypernyms:period period of time time period
Inherited Hypernyms:nighttime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:wedding nightweeknight
Part Meronyms:evening late-night hour lights-out midnight small hours
Full Hyponyms:wedding nightweeknight
nnoun.cognitionan unenlightened stateSynset:darkness
Examples:- he was in the dark concerning their intentions
- his lectures dispelled the darkness
Derivationally Related Form:dark
Hypernyms:unenlightenment
Inherited Hypernyms:darkunenlightenmentignorancecontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
adjadj.alldevoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or blackAttributes:light lightness
Examples:- sitting in a dark corner
- a dark day
- dark shadows
- dark as the inside of a black cat
Antonyms:light
Derivationally Related Form:darknessdark
Inherited Hypernyms:dark
Similar to:Acheronian Acherontic Stygian aphotic black pitch-black pitch-dark caliginous Cimmerian crepuscular darkened darkening darkling darkling dim subdued dusky twilight twilit gloomful glooming gloomy sulky lightless unilluminated unlighted unlit semidark tenebrific tenebrious tenebrous
adjadj.all(used of color) having a dark hueAttributes:value
Examples:- dark green
- dark glasses
- dark colors like wine red or navy blue
Antonyms:light
Derivationally Related Form:darkness
Inherited Hypernyms:dark
Similar to:darkish
See also:black
adj satadj.allbrunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)Antonyms:blond
Derivationally Related Form:darkness
Inherited Hypernyms:dark
Similar to:brunet brunette
adj satadj.allstemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorableSynset:black sinister
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:good
Derivationally Related Form:darknessdark
Inherited Hypernyms:black
Similar to:evil
adj satadj.allsecretAntonyms:unconcealed
Derivationally Related Form:darkness
Inherited Hypernyms:dark
Similar to:concealed
adj satadj.allshowing a brooding ill humorSynset:dour glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:good-natured
Derivationally Related Form:morosenesssournessmoodinesssullennessglumness
Inherited Hypernyms:dark
Similar to:ill-natured
adj satadj.alllacking enlightenment or knowledge or cultureSynset:benighted
Examples:- this benighted country
- benighted ages of barbarism and superstition
- the dark ages
- a dark age in the history of education
Antonyms:enlightened
Derivationally Related Form:darknessdark
Inherited Hypernyms:benighted
Similar to:unenlightened
adj satadj.allmarked by difficulty of style or expressionSynset:obscure
Examples:- much that was dark is now quite clear to me
- those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure
Antonyms:comprehensible
Derivationally Related Form:obscurenessdarknessobscurity
Inherited Hypernyms:dark
Similar to:incomprehensible uncomprehensible
adj satadj.allcausing dejectionSynset:blue dingy disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary gloomy grim sorry
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:cheerful
Derivationally Related Form:dreariness
Inherited Hypernyms:blue
Similar to:cheerless depressing uncheerful
adj satadj.allnot giving performances; closedExamples:- the theater is dark on Mondays
Antonyms:active
Inherited Hypernyms:dark
Similar to:inactive