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Definition dark

Etymology 1

From Middle English derk, from Old English deorc (“dark, obscure, gloomy, without light, dreadful, horrible, sad, cheerless, sinister, wicked”), from Proto-Germanic *derkaz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?erg- (“dim, dull”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?er- (“dull, dirty”).

Adjective

dark (comparative darker, superlative darkest)

  1. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
    1. (of a source of light) Extinguished.
    2. Deprived of sight; blind.
  2. (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
  3. Hidden, secret, obscure.
    1. Not clear to the understanding; not easily through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
    2. (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
  4. Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
  5. Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
  6. Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period.
  7. With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either.

Etymology 2

From Middle English derk, derke, dirke, dyrke, from the adjective (see above), or possibly from an unrecorded Old English *dierce, *diercu (“dark, darkness”).

Noun

dark (usually uncountable, plural darks)

  1. A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
  2. (uncountable) Ignorance.
  3. (uncountable) Nightfall.
  4. A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.

Etymology 3

From Middle English derken, from Old English deorcian, from Proto-Germanic *derk?n?.

Verb

dark (third-person singular simple present darks, present participle darking, simple past and past participle darked)

  1. (intransitive) To grow or become dark, darken.
  2. (intransitive) To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
  3. (transitive) To make dark, darken; to obscure.

Results 484 Words with the letters DARK

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BARKED 14
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CARKED 14
DACKER 14
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DARKER 11
DARKEY 13
DARKIE 11
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DARKLY 14
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DEKARE 11
DEMARK 14
DRAKES 11
HARKED 13
LARKED 12
MARKED 14
NARKED 12
PARKED 14
RACKED 14
RANKED 12
WARKED 14
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DARKY 12
DRAKE 10
DRANK 11
RAKED 10
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DAK 8
RAD 4
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