· absence of light or illumination

Synonym(s): darkness

Hypernym(s): illumination

Antonym(s): light

· absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

Synonym(s): wickedness, darkness

Hypernym(s): condition, status

· an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

Synonym(s): darkness, shadow

Hypernym(s): scene

· the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

Synonym(s): night, nighttime

Hypernym(s): time_period, period_of_time, period

· an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"

Synonym(s): darkness

Hypernym(s): unenlightenment

· devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"

Antonym(s): light

· (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"

Antonym(s): light

· brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes"

· stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "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

Synonym(s): black, sinister

· secret; "keep it dark"

· showing a brooding ill humor; "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"

Synonym(s): dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen

· lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education"

Synonym(s): benighted

· marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"

Synonym(s): obscure

· causing dejection; "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"

Synonym(s): blue, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary

· not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays"