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

n. an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

n. absence of light or illumination

n. absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

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

adj. having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"

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

adj. 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"

adj. 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"

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

adj. 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"

adj. 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"

adj. 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