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dark


Definition: Meaning of, dark in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dɑːk /

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dark darker darkest
  1. no light if it is dark, there is little or no light
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  2. colour quite close to black in colour
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  3. hair/eyes/skin someone who is dark has hair, eyes, or skin that is brown or black in colour
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  4. mysterious mysterious or secret
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  5. evil evil or threatening
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  6. unhappy time a dark time is unhappy or without hope
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  7. feelings/thoughts if you have dark feelings or thoughts, you are very sad or worried
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  8. humour dark humour deals with things that are bad or upsetting in a funny way [=  black]
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  9. darkest Africa/South America etc old-fashioned the parts of Africa etc about which we know very little
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  1. the dark when there is no light, especially because the sun has gone down
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  2. after/before/until dark after, before, or until the sun goes down at night
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  3. in the dark informal knowing nothing about something important, because you have not been told about it
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dark used in phrases

  • Dark Ages (noun)
    1. the Dark Ages the period in European history from 476 AD to about 1000 AD
    2. a time when attitudes, knowledge, technology etc were not as modern or developed as they are now
  • Dark Continent
    1. the Dark Continent a name given to Africa by Europeans in the 19th century. The name meant that Africa was then an unknown area to Europeans, but it is now considered an offensive name.
  • dark adaptation (noun)
    1. the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
  • dark blue (noun)
    1. a dark shade of blue
  • dark bread (noun)
    1. bread made with whole wheat flour
  • dark chocolate (noun)
    1. chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin is usually added
  • dark comedy (noun)
    1. a comedy characterized by grim or satiric humour; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements
  • dark energy (noun)
    1. cosmology the unknown energy thought to make up about 70 per cent of the observed total in the universe, associated with a negative pressure that makes the universe expand faster; the simplest form of dark energy is a cosmological constant, however more general models allow for an evolving energy density and pressure
  • dark field illumination (noun)
    1. a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background
  • dark glasses (noun)
    1. glasses with dark glass in them that you wear to protect your eyes from the sun or to hide your eyes [↪  sunglasses]
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