Definition of dark

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• dark is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• dark is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• dark is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of dark

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. night
  2. nighttime
• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable (adjective)

  Examples

  1. Darth Vader of the dark side
  2. a dark purpose
  3. dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility

  Synonyms

  1. black
  2. sinister
• absence of light or illumination (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. darkness
• causing dejection (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the dark days of the war
  2. a dark gloomy day

  Synonyms

  1. blue
  2. dingy
  3. disconsolate
  4. dismal
  5. drab
  6. drear
  7. dreary
  8. gloomy
  9. grim
  10. sorry
• absence of moral or spiritual values (noun)

  Examples

  1. the powers of darkness

  Synonyms

  1. darkness
  2. wickedness
• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the dark ages
  2. a dark age in the history of education

  Synonyms

  1. benighted
• marked by difficulty of style or expression (adjective)

  Examples

  1. much that was dark is now quite clear to me

  Synonyms

  1. obscure
• an unenlightened state (noun)

  Examples

  1. he was in the dark concerning their intentions
  2. his lectures dispelled the darkness

  Synonyms

  1. darkness
• showing a brooding ill humor (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a dark scowl

  Synonyms

  1. dour
  2. glowering
  3. glum
  4. moody
  5. morose
  6. saturnine
  7. sour
  8. sullen
• an unilluminated area (noun)

  Examples

  1. he moved off into the darkness

  Synonyms

  1. darkness
  2. shadow
• brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes) (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dark eyes
• devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black (adjective)

  Examples

  1. sitting in a dark corner
  2. a dark day
  3. dark shadows
  4. dark as the inside of a black cat
• not giving performances; closed (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the theater is dark on Mondays
• secret (adjective)

  Examples

  1. keep it dark
• (used of color) having a dark hue (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dark green
  2. dark glasses
  3. dark colors like wine red or navy blue

See definition of dark in Merriam Webster