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How to pronounce dark in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms night, nighttime
Type of period of time, period, time period
Has types wedding night, weeknight
Type Words
Synonyms black, sinister
Derivation darkness


Darth Vader of the dark side.
a dark purpose.
dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility.
Type Words
Synonyms darkness
Type of illumination
Has types black, blackness, blackout, brownout, semidarkness, dimout, pitch blackness, night, total darkness, lightlessness
Type Words
Synonyms blue, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry


the dark days of the war.
a dark gloomy day.
Type Words
Synonyms darkness, wickedness
Type of status, condition
Has types foulness


the powers of darkness.
Type Words
Synonyms benighted
Derivation darkness


the dark ages.
a dark age in the history of education.
Type Words
Synonyms obscure
Derivation darkness


much that was dark is now quite clear to me.
Type Words
Synonyms darkness
Type of unenlightenment


he was in the dark concerning their intentions.
his lectures dispelled the darkness.
Type Words
Synonyms dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen


a dark scowl.
Type Words
Synonyms darkness, shadow
Type of scene


he moved off into the darkness.
Type Words
Derivation darkness


dark eyes.
Type Words
Derivation darkness


sitting in a dark corner.
a dark day.
dark shadows.
dark as the inside of a black cat.
Type Words


the theater is dark on Mondays.
Type Words
Derivation darkness


keep it dark.
Type Words
Derivation darkness


dark green.
dark glasses.
dark colors like wine red or navy blue.

Examples of dark

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They automatically come on when it gets dark and stay on until the next morning.
From the dailyherald.com
The cabinets contrast with the dark wood flooring and designer dark wood island.
From the dailyherald.com
The driver was described as having dark skin, a heavy build and long dreadlocks.
From the stltoday.com
She said he always dressed in dark clothing and walked in a hunched-over manner.
From the thenewstribune.com
Light and dark become broad strokes to emphasize the mood he's trying to create.
From the sacbee.com
White table cloths add a soft contrast to the dark wood that dominates the room.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Sure, your preschooler looks adorable in those dark pedal-pushers from Old Navy.
From the dailynews.com
I ate boiled seal, dark and hard, at a Yup'ik's kitchen on the Seward Peninsula.
From the forbes.com
Yet getting gadgets to connect to my two-year-old wireless router is a dark art.
From the online.wsj.com
More examples
  • Absence of light or illumination
  • Devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
  • Iniquity: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"
  • (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
  • Darkness: an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
  • Brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes"
  • In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a "silent" station. ...
  • The Dark is a fantasy novel written by Marianne Curley. It is the second book in the Guardians of Time Trilogy.
  • The Dark is a 2005 horror film, based on the novel Sheep by Simon Maginn.