Word Finder - dark

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Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.

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The room was too dark for reading.

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(of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.

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my sister's hair is darker than mine;  her skin grew dark with a suntan

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Hidden, secret, obscure.

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Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.

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a dark villain;  a dark deed

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Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.

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the Great Depression was a dark time;  the film was a dark psychological thriller

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Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period.

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With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either.

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The ending of this book is rather dark.

He looked tall and lean in a dark suit.

It was dark in there.

At the kitchen door she nearly ran into a dark form.

All right, but I don't like being kept in the dark about all this.

Dulce appeared at Carmen's side, dressed in a dark blue gown with a high collar.

Farther back beyond the dark trees a roof glittered with dew, to the right was a leafy tree with brilliantly white trunk and branches, and above it shone the moon, nearly at its full, in a pale, almost starless, spring sky.

It was dark, shiny, thick and long.

It was a warm, dark, autumn night.

The earth seemed benumbed by his icy touch, and the very spirits of the trees had withdrawn to their roots, and there, curled up in the dark, lay fast asleep.

It grew so dark that the people could not see their way along the streets.

He raised the dark brow further, blue eyes twinkling with humor.

She couldn't see his facial expression in the dark, so it was hard to tell if he was teasing her or not.

Just when things look dark, well, they actually get worse.

Brandon focused his attention on the food in his plate, his face turning a dark shade of red.

A flush crawled up his neck, across his face and hid behind flashing dark eyes.

In the still, dark world in which I lived there was no strong sentiment or tenderness.

Dulce glanced at her father and then at Carmen, her dark eyes barely veiling contempt.

He raised a dark brow.

We've been in the dark quite a while, and you may as well explain what has happened.

Her eyes were almond shaped, the brown of the iris so dark that it was almost black.

It would be dark by the time they got the car off the edge of the cliff.

Her dark hair was pulled back severely from a narrow face.

She glanced around the room again and did a double take when she saw the man in a dark brown suit.

I might meet some tall, dark, handsome man on the way, and you'd chase him off.

A moment later, veins of light threaded through dark low clouds.

It was dark outside.

Long after dark we reached home and found the cottage empty; the family were all out hunting for us.

A strange feeling agitated me all the time I was alone with him in the dark chamber.

Above Pierre's head some pigeons, disturbed by the movement he had made in sitting up, fluttered under the dark roof of the penthouse.

Nina returned with a dress made of dark purple velvet and satin.

One fair-haired young soldier of the third company, whom Prince Andrew knew and who had a strap round the calf of one leg, crossed himself, stepped back to get a good run, and plunged into the water; another, a dark noncommissioned officer who was always shaggy, stood up to his waist in the water joyfully wriggling his muscular figure and snorted with satisfaction as he poured the water over his head with hands blackened to the wrists.

It was still quite dark outside.

And then he stepped forward, looking elegant in a dark tuxedo.

He was a nice enough guy - tall, dark and handsome.

Their kisses were usually shared after dark, but as the season progressed, that was getting later in the evening.

Listen, and I will tell you of the famous dark day in Connecticut.

It ran into a narrow cleft which he had not seen before, and then through a long, dark passage which was barely large enough for a man's body.

Though it is now dark, the wind still blows and roars in the wood, the waves still dash, and some creatures lull the rest with their notes.

Dark eyes studied her intently.

A part of her might never forgive him for what he did... and that was a dark part of her personality that she didn't want him to see.

They scarcely noticed the sidesaddle; they noticed only the boy's dark eyes and his strong, noble face.

The table and chairs were made of a dark rich wood, and the tiles on the floor looked like polished bricks.

His dark eyes reflected the disapproval in his tone.

The place was dark and empty.

Her dark shining hair was pulled back loosely with bejeweled combs and hung in loose curls down her back.

The dark interior set off caution bells again.

One was tall and thin, the other dark, shaggy, and sinewy, with a flat nose.

They entered the house and she glanced at the dark fireplace.

It was a dark moonless night and I was too far from town for streetlights.

I must have fallen back to sleep because when I opened my eyes again, the room was nearly dark.