Dark

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To darken to obscure.

II. Dark ·adj Deprived of sight; blind.

III. Dark ·noun The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.

IV. Dark ·adj Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.

V. Dark ·noun Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.

VI. Dark ·adj Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.

VII. Dark ·adj Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.

VIII. Dark ·adj Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.

IX. Dark ·noun A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.

X. Dark ·adj Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.

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