n
(historical) A kind of dark lantern.
adj
(comparable) Obscured.
adj
(rare) Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy.
adj
Built upon air; lacking a solid foundation.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To darken.
v
To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.
v
(transitive) To make dim; to obscure or darken.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To render dark; blacken.
n
A plunging into darkness or ignorance.
v
(transitive) To make black; to blacken.
adj
(simile) Very black (especially of a mood, a frown, etc.).
v
(transitive) To make something (e.g. a film, cast, story line, etc.) more racially black in character; blackenize
v
(intransitive, ergative) To become black.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become blank
v
(intransitive) To become bleak
v
To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
adj
(figuratively) Not clear; lacking well-defined boundaries.
adv
Murkily, foggily, hazily.
n
(obsolete, nonce word) dimness; cloudiness
adj
(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
adj
Alternative form of callused [Having calluses.]
n
Obsolete form of chiaroscuro. [(painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume.]
adj
(figuratively) Possessing the qualities of a work of chiaroscuro.
adj
Characteristic of Cimmeria; especially describing particularly dense darkness etc.
n
(figuratively) mental darkness; ignorance.
v
(nonce word, obsolete) to make totally dark
n
(art, archaic) chiaroscuro
v
(transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
n
The state of being cloudy (e.g. weather).
adj
Having a coarse, irregular texture.
adv
In a crepuscular way; dimly; indistinctly.
adj
Pronunciation spelling of dark. [(of a source of light) Extinguished.]
n
(mythology, literature) The place where light and dark meet.
n
Obsolete form of darkness. [(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.]
n
(uncountable) Nightfall.
n
Alternative form of black art [A practice such as witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, or black magic.]
adj
(simile, informal) Extremely dark; pitch-black.
n
(criminology, statistics) The estimated number of unreported criminal cases.
n
Obsolete form of dark lantern. [(now chiefly historical) A lantern with a panel that slides to block the light.]
n
Those microorganisms that can live without sunlight.
n
(slang) Synonym of black light (ultraviolet light)
n
(graphical user interface) Synonym of night mode
n
Ellipsis of dark night of the soul.. [(Catholicism) a period of time in which a holy person (someone believed to be potentially on their way to sainthood) experiences a seeming withdrawal of God's previously-felt presence in their lives, and undergoes stark spiritual attacks. This period of time is seen (by Catholics) to be a period in which God is calling the holy person to rid themselves of any remaining vestiges of self-pride and vanity that they may have.]
n
(Catholicism) a period of time in which a holy person (someone believed to be potentially on their way to sainthood) experiences a seeming withdrawal of God's previously-felt presence in their lives, and undergoes stark spiritual attacks. This period of time is seen (by Catholics) to be a period in which God is calling the holy person to rid themselves of any remaining vestiges of self-pride and vanity that they may have.
n
Alternative form of darkside [(countable) The side of something that is in darkness or unlit, or has less illumination.]
n
(literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dark, space.
n
Synonym of oh dark thirty
adj
Adapted for use in low light levels.
n
Obsolete spelling of dark lantern [(now chiefly historical) A lantern with a panel that slides to block the light.]
n
Alternative form of darkside [(countable) The side of something that is in darkness or unlit, or has less illumination.]
n
Obsolete spelling of dark [A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.]
v
(idiomatic) To go to church to attend a service.
adj
Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.
n
Obsolete form of darkness. [(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.]
n
(slang, obsolete) A dark lantern.
n
The time of day when it becomes dark.
adj
(archaic) Full of darkness
n
The state or condition of being darkish; moderate darkness.
n
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
n
Archaic spelling of darkness. [(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.]
n
(countable) The side of something that is in darkness or unlit, or has less illumination.
adj
(poetic, literary) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
n
The quality of being darksome.
n
Obsolete spelling of dawning [(chiefly poetic) Dawn.]
n
(rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
v
To extinguish a light; to darken.
n
(obsolete) Darkness; obscurity.
n
The quality of being diaphanous.
v
To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
adj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Pretty; neat.
n
(obsolete) A bower; a dingle.
adj
(dated) somewhat dim; dimmish
adj
Deprived of an outline; made indistinct, hazy.
v
(photography, videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).
n
Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.
v
To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
adj
Somewhat dun in colour.
adj
Somewhat dun, dusky brownish.
adj
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
v
(transitive) To make dusky or obscure.
adv
In a dark or dusky manner.
adj
Having a shade of color that is rather dark.
n
Alternative form of duvetyne [A heavy black cloth used in the motion picture and film industry to block out unwanted light.]
n
A heavy black cloth used in the motion picture and film industry to block out unwanted light.
adj
Made dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); darkened.
v
(transitive, rare, chiefly literary) To render dark or darker.
n
(rare) The act of endarkening, or making darker.
adj
(archaic, poetic) Marked with different shades.
n
A desolate environment without any source of light, such as that found in deep space.
v
To fade from black to a visual image in a film or other visual media.
v
(film) To end a film or a scene of a film by causing the image to be gradually dimmed into black.
v
(transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To dim; darken; obscure.
n
(entomology) A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation.
adj
Dark in color, dark-hued; dusky, swarthy.
adv
In a gelid manner; coldly, icily.
n
The quality of being smooth or bald.
v
(intransitive) To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
n
Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
v
To cease communications.
adj
(figuratively, by extension) having a flimsy factual basis; unsubstantiated, hard to believe
adj
Synonym of Gradgrindian
n
(literature) The literary genre of speculative fiction that is dystopian, amoral, or violent.
v
(transitive, intransitive, rare, nonstandard) To make or become hazy
n
(radiology) The quality of showing poor enhancement; dimness or darkness in an image.
adj
(of an image etc) not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim
v
(transitive) To darken; to make black or obscure.
adj
(zoology) Darkened with a blackish tinge.
n
The state of being dark; obscurity.
adj
(obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black.
n
(archaic) Litmus, orchil.
adj
Dull; darkened with overcast.
adj
Alternative form of limb-darkened [(physics, astronomy) Darkened by limb darkening.]
adj
(physics, astronomy) Darkened by limb darkening.
v
To appear indistinctly, e.g. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.
adj
(of sky or environment) Dark and menacing.
adj
Having a dislike of light, particularly from the sun.
adj
(poetic) Utterly dark or black.
n
Archaic spelling of murk. [Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.]
v
(intransitive, Scotland, rare) To grow dark.
n
(figuratively) Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
adj
(figuratively) Dim; vague; obscure.
v
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To make or become murky or dark
adj
(archaic, poetic) dark, gloomy, murky
adj
Suggestive or indicative of murk; darksome.
adj
(by extension) Dishonest, shady.
adj
Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
n
The process of becoming black or dark; blackening.
v
(transitive) To make black in colour; to blacken.
n
(rare) Quality of being nitid; brightness; clarity.
adj
(figuratively) Unclear.
v
To make dark; to overshadow.
adj
dark; obscure; shadowy
n
The action of darkening or fact of being darkened, as with a cloud; obscuration.
v
(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
n
(literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
n
(obsolete) The act of darkening; darkness.
n
The act of darkening or obscuring.
v
Obsolete form of obfuscate. [To make dark; to overshadow.]
v
(obsolete) To darken; to cloud.
n
(obsolete, poetic) An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
n
The quality of the weather being overcast.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become too dark.
v
(transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
adv
In a pelagic way; in or of the open sea.
v
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
adj
Alternative spelling of pitch-dark [Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.]
n
Intense darkness with no light whatsoever.
adj
Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.
n
blackness, as of pitch; darkness
adj
(metallurgy) Imperfectly welded together in masses of rods.
n
The darkening of a colour during dyeing.
n
Alternative form of semidarkness. [Partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.]
n
Partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
n
Partial gloom or darkness.
adj
Having many shadows cast.
adj
(obsolete) Shadowy; vague.
adj
(of character) Dark, obscure.
v
To make sombre or dark; to make shady.
n
The quality of being splotchy.
adj
(literary) Dark and gloomy.
adj
duskish; moderately dark; tawny
adv
Somewhat obscurely or darkly.
v
(intransitive) to become dark; darken
adj
(art) inharmoniously tinted; making poor use of colour
n
The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
adv
In an umbral or shadowy manner.
adj
Of or relating to the shade or darkness; shadowy.
adj
Alternative form of umbratic [Of or relating to the shade or darkness; shadowy.]
adj
(rare, obsolete) Shadowy; faint; secluded; indistinct; vague; latent; indeterminate.
v
To darken as at the beginning of night
n
An environment that has some of the physiological effects of darkness.
adj
(literary, especially of the sea) Resembling the dark color (or perhaps other properties) of wine.
adj
Alternative form of wine-dark [(literary, especially of the sea) Resembling the dark color (or perhaps other properties) of wine.]
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