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Etymology

From Old English deorc, from Proto-Germanic *derk, from either Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“‘to besmirch’”) or Proto-Indo-European *derg- (“‘red’”); perhaps both, with the latter being derived from the former.

Pronunciation

• enPR: därk, IPA: /dɑː(ɹ)k/, SAMPA: /dA:(r\)k/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k

Adjective

File:Clifton Down darkness.jpg

A fairly dark (lacking light) railroad station, with a very dark (lacking light) tunnel beyond

Dark (comparative darker, superlative darkest)

Positive Dark

Comparative darker

Superlative darkest

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

   The room was too dark for reading.

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

   My sister's hair is darker than mine.

   Her skin grew dark with a suntan.

3. Hidden, secret

   "Meantime we shall express our darker purpose" (Shakespeare, King Lear, i 1).

4. Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
5. Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak

   The Great Depression was a dark time.

6. Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period
7. 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

   The ending of this book is rather dark.

Synonyms

• (relative lack of light): dim, gloomy
• (sinister or secret): hidden, secret, sinister
• (without morals): malign, sinister
• (of colour): deep
• (Conducive to hopelessness): hopeless, negative, pessimistic

Antonyms

• (relative lack of light): bright, light, lit
• (of colour): bright, light, pale

Translations

having an absolute or relative lack of light

American Sign Language: FlatB@SideNosehigh-PalmBack-FlatB@SideNosehigh-PalmBack RoundVert-RoundVert FlatB@CenterNeckhigh-PalmBack-FlatB@CenterNeckhigh-PalmBack Arabic: مظلم ar(ar) (múZlim) Armenian: մութ hy(hy) (mut'), խավար hy(hy) (xavar) Breton: teñval br(br) Bulgarian: тъмен bg(bg) Chamicuro: chpolyaye Chinese: Cantonese: 黑暗 (hak1 am3) Mandarin: trad. 黑暗, simpl. 黑暗 (hēiàn) Chinese Characters: trad. 暗, simpl. 暗 (àn) Czech: tmavý cs(cs) m., temný cs(cs) m. Danish: mørk da(da) Dutch: donker nl(nl), duister nl(nl) Finnish: pimeä fi(fi) French: obscur fr(fr), sombre fr(fr) Galician: escuro gl(gl) German: dunkel de(de) Gilbertese: ro Greek: σκοτεινός el(el) m. (skoteinós) Hebrew: חשוך (khashukh) m., חשוכה (khashukha) f. Hindi: अंधेरा hi(hi) Hungarian: sötét hu(hu) Icelandic: dökkur m., dökk f., dökkt n., dimmur m., dimm f., dimmt n. Italian: scuro it(it), oscuro it(it), fosco it(it), tetro it(it) Japanese: 暗い ja(ja) (kurai) (くらい)

Kazakh: қараңғы kk(kk) (qarañğı) Korean: 어둡다 (eodupda) Kurdish: Sorani: تاریک ku(ku) (tAreek) Lao: ມືດ lo(lo) (myyt) Latin: obscūrus la(la) Latvian: tumšs m., tumša f. Malay: gelap Malayalam: ഇരുട്ട് (iruttu), അന്ധകാരം (andhakaaram) Marathi: अंधार, अंधकार, काळोख Persian: تاریک fa(fa) (târik) Polish: ciemny m., ciemna f., ciemne n., ciemni plural, ciemne plural,f. Portuguese: escuro pt(pt) Romanian: murg ro(ro), închis ro(ro), întunecat ro(ro) Russian: тёмный ru(ru) (tjómnyj) Scots: mirk Scottish Gaelic: dorcha gd(gd) Serbian: tama sr(sr), tamnina sr(sr) Slovene: temen m., temna f., temno n. Spanish: oscuro es(es) Swahili: giza sw(sw) Swedish: mörk sv(sv) Telugu: చీకటి te(te) (cheekaTi) Turkish: karanlık tr(tr) Vietnamese: tối vi(vi) Welsh: tywyll cy(cy) West Frisian: tsjuster, donker

hidden, secret

Armenian: մութ hy(hy) (mut') Bulgarian: тъмен Chinese: Cantonese: 隱祕的 (jan2 bei3 dik1) Mandarin: trad. 隱祕的, simpl. 隐秘的 (yǐnmì de) Czech: temný cs(cs) Danish: dunkel, hemmelighedsfuld Dutch: duister nl(nl) Finnish: pimeä fi(fi) French: obscur fr(fr) German: dunkel de(de), düster de(de) Hindi: गुप्त, छिपा हुवा Hungarian: sötét hu(hu) Italian: oscuro it(it),

Japanese: 隠密の ja(ja) (onmitsu no), 秘密の ja(ja) (himitsu no) Korean: 어둡다 (eodupda) Kurdish: Sorani: تاریک ku(ku) (tAreek) Latvian: tumšs m., tumša f. Marathi: गुप्त, लपलेले Persian: پنهان fa(fa) (penhân), نهان fa(fa) (nehân), پوشیده fa(fa) (pōšida) Polish: mroczny m., mroczna f., mroczne n., mroczni plural, mroczne plural,f. Serbian: zamračeno, zatamnjeno Slovene: temen m., temna f., temno n. Swedish: mörk sv(sv) Vietnamese: mờ ám vi(vi)

without moral or spiritual light

Armenian: մութ hy(hy) (mut') Bulgarian: мрачен bg(bg) Chinese: Cantonese: 邪惡的 (ce4 ok3 dik1) Mandarin: trad. 邪惡的, simpl. 邪恶的 (xiéè de) Czech: temný cs(cs) m. Danish: mørk, skummel

Finnish: synkkä fi(fi), paha fi(fi) Hebrew: אפל (afel) m., קודר he(he) (qoder) Japanese: 邪悪な ja(ja) (jaakuna), 腹黒い ja(ja) (haraguroi) Korean: 어둡다 (eodupda) Russian: мрачный ru(ru) (mráčnyj), угрюмый ru(ru) (ugrjúmyj) Serbian: mračno n., mračan m., mračna f. Swedish: mörk sv(sv)

not bright or light, deeper in hue

Armenian: մուգ hy(hy) (mug) Bulgarian: тъмен bg(bg), мрачен bg(bg) Chinese: Cantonese: 黑暗 (hak1 am3) Mandarin: trad. 黑暗, simpl. 黑暗 (hēiàn) Czech: tmavý cs(cs) m. Danish: mørke- Finnish: tumma fi(fi) French: foncé fr(fr) Hebrew: כהה he(he) Japanese: 暗い ja(ja) (kurai), 濃い ja(ja) (koi) Korean: 어둡다 (eodupda) Kurdish: Sorani: تاریک ku(ku) (tAreek)

Latvian: tumšs m., tumša f. Marathi: फिके Norwegian: mørk no(no) Russian: тёмный ru(ru) (tjómnyj) Scots: mirk Scottish Gaelic: dorcha gd(gd) Serbian: pomračno Spanish: oscuro es(es) Swedish: mörk sv(sv) Turkish: koyu tr(tr) West Frisian: donker

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Albanian: errët, murgash Catalan: fosc Croatian: taman French: sombre Ido: tenebroza Italian: buio, tenebroso, oscuro, fosco

Lithuanian: tamsus Old Norse: dökkr Romanian: intunecat, sumbru, obscur Serbian: mračan m., mračna f., mračno n. Slovak: tmavý Spanish: oscuro Telugu: అంధకారం (aMdhakaaraM)

Noun

Singular Dark

Plural -

Dark (-)

1. A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.

   Dark surrounds us completely.

2. (uncountable) Ignorance.

   We kept him in the dark.

3. (uncountable) Nightfall.

   It was after dark before we got to playing baseball.

Translations

a complete or partial absence of light

Armenian: մթություն hy(hy) (mt'ut'yun), խավար hy(hy) (xavar) Breton: teñvalded f. Bulgarian: мрак bg(bg) m., тъмнина bg(bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 黑, simpl. 黑 (hēi), trad. 黑暗, simpl. 黑暗 (hēiàn) Croatian: táma hr(hr) f., mrȃk hr(hr) Czech: temnota cs(cs) f., tma cs(cs) f. Danish: mørke da(da) Dutch: donker nl(nl) n. Finnish: pimeys fi(fi) French: obscurité fr(fr) German: Dunkelheit de(de) f., Dunkel de(de) n. Greek: σκοτάδι el(el) n. Hebrew: חושך, חשך he(he) (khoshekh) m., Hungarian: sötétség hu(hu) Italian: oscurità it(it) f., tenebra it(it) f. Japanese: 暗黒 (ankoku), 暗闇 (kurayami), 闇 (yami)

Korean: 어둠 (eodum), 암흑 (amheuk) Kurdish: Sorani: تاریک ku(ku) (tAreek) Latin: obscuritas Latvian: tumsa f. Norwegian: mørke n. Polish: ciemność pl(pl) f. Russian: тьма ru(ru) (t'ma), темнота ru(ru) (t'emnotá), мрак ru(ru) (mrak) Scots: mirk Scottish Gaelic: dorchadas gd(gd) m. Serbian: tama, tamnoća, polumrak (semi dark), tamnina, mrak Slovene: tema sl(sl) f. Spanish: oscuridad es(es) f. Swedish: mörker sv(sv) Turkish: karanlık tr(tr) Vietnamese: bóng tối

ignorance

Armenian: մթություն hy(hy) (mt'ut'yun) Breton: teñvalijenn Bulgarian: невидение n., незнание n. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 黑暗, simpl. 黑暗 (hēiàn) Croatian: táma hr(hr) f., mrȃk hr(hr) Czech: temnota cs(cs) f. Danish: uvidenhed Dutch: ongewisse, onwetendheid f. Finnish: tietämättömyys fi(fi) German: Dunkel de(de) n.

Hungarian: tudatlanság hu(hu) Italian: oscurità it(it) f. Korean: 무식 (musik) Latin: obscuritas Malayalam: അറിവില്ലായ്‌മ (aRivillayma), അജ്ഞത (ajnjatha) Polish: mroki pl n Russian: неведение (n'ev'éd'enije) n. Slovene: nevednost Spanish: oscuridad es(es) f. Vietnamese: (sự) dốt nát, (sự) ngu dốt, (sự) ngu muội

nightfall

Armenian: մութ hy(hy) (mut') Bulgarian: свечеряване n. Chinese: Mandaring: trad. 黄昏, simpl. 黄昏 (huánghūn) Croatian: táma hr(hr) f., mrȃk hr(hr) Czech: tma cs(cs) f. Danish: mørke, skumring Dutch: het vallen van de avond Finnish: pimeys fi(fi) French: tombée de la nuit fr(fr) German: Dunkelwerden Greek: σούρουπο el(el)

Hungarian: sötétedés hu(hu) Italian: tenebra it(it) f., tramonto it(it) m. Korean: 해질녘 (haejilnyeok) Latin: annoctatio Polish: zmrok pl(pl) m. Russian: темнота ru(ru) (t'emnotá) Scots: gloamin, mirk Serbian: mrak, tamnoća, tamnina Slovene: tema sl(sl) f., mrak sl(sl) m. Spanish: anochecer es(es) m. Vietnamese: đêm vi(vi)

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Albanian: terr m. Breton: teñvalijenn f. Catalan: fosca f. French: noir m., obscurité f. Ido: tenebro Italian: buio m.

Romanian: intuneric n., obscuritate f. Serbian: mrak m. Telugu: చీకటి (cIkaTi), నిశి (niSi), నిశీధి (niSIdhi), రాత్రి (raatri)

Derived terms

Related terms

after dark = after night has fallen all cats are gray in the dark at dark = during nightfall bedarken before dark = before night starts falling Dark Ages dark blue dark brown dark chocolate dark comedy Dark Continent dark current dark elves darken v dark energy darkey dark fiber dark field dark figure darkful dark glasses dark green

dark horse dark house darkie darkish dark lantern darkle dark matter dark meat dark nebula darkness n dark reaction dark red dark room/dark-room/darkroom dark-skinned the dark side = a distinctly negative ethical paradigm (see Wikipedia article). darksome dark space dark star darky endark oh dark thirty pitch-dark shot in the dark whistle in the dark

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See also

• black
• shadow

Anagrams

• adkr,
• k-rad

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Adjective

dark inv.

1. dark (used especially to describe a form of punk music)

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