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Dark

🔄 Synonyms of "Dark"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
obscureverb	Difficult to understand; abstruse.
sullennoun	Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
dournoun	Stern, harsh and forbidding.
grimnoun	Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
subdued	Reduced in intensity or strength; toned down.
morose	Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
caliginous	(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
dismalnoun	Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
evilnoun	Intending to harm; malevolent.
wicked	Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
iniquitynoun	(uncountable) Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.
sinister	Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
bluenoun	Of a blue hue.
crepuscular	(zoology) Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
gloomynoun	Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
blacknoun	(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
dimnoun	Not bright or colorful.
disconsolatenoun	Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
incomprehensiblenoun	Impossible or very difficult to understand.
tenebrous	(literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure.
glumnoun	Despondent; moody; sullen.
benighted	(figuratively) Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous.
aphotic	Having no light, especially no sunlight.
darklingnoun	In the dark; in obscurity.
twilit	Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
lightnoun	(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
daylightnoun	The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
daynoun	A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
daytimenoun	The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
lightingnoun	The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
subdued	Reduced in intensity or strength; toned down.
darkened	Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.
darkeningnoun	The act of something becoming darker.
pitch-dark	Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.
pitch-black	Very dark; without light.
blacknoun	(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
caliginous	(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
duskynoun	Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
dispiriting	Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.
cimmerian	(literally, literary or poetic) Perpetually dark or gloomy.
dismal	Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
tenebrious	Alternative form of tenebrous. [(literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure.]
tenebrous	(literary, also figurative) Dark and gloomy; obscure.
tenebrific	Producing darkness, obscuring; (loosely) gloomy.
benighted	(figuratively) Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous.
sour	Tasting of acidity.
gloomy	Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
dour	Stern, harsh and forbidding.
grim	Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
obscure	Difficult to understand; abstruse.