dark - Meaning in Konkani

dark - Meaning in Konkani

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Definitions and Meaning of dark in English

dark adjective

1. not giving performances; closed

   Example

   • "the theater is dark on Mondays"
2. brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

   Example

   • "dark eyes"
3. devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

   Examples

   • "a dark day"
   • "dark as the inside of a black cat"
   • "dark shadows"
   • "sitting in a dark corner"
4. causing dejection

   Examples

   • "a blue day"
   • "a dark gloomy day"
   • "a disconsolate winter landscape"
   • "a week of rainy depressing weather"
   • "grim rainy weather"
   • "the dark days of the war"
   • "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
5. (used of color) having a dark hue

   Examples

   • "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
   • "dark glasses"
   • "dark green"
6. marked by difficulty of style or expression

   Examples

   • "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"
   • "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
7. lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

   Examples

   • "a dark age in the history of education"
   • "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"
   • "the dark ages"
   • "this benighted country"
8. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

   Examples

   • "a black lie"
   • "a dark purpose"
   • "black deeds"
   • "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"
   • "Darth Vader of the dark side"
   • "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"
   • "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"
9. showing a brooding ill humor

   Examples

   • "a dark scowl"
   • "a glum, hopeless shrug"
   • "a morose and unsociable manner"
   • "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"
   • "a sour temper"
   • "a sullen crowd"
   • "he sat in moody silence"
   • "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"
10. secret

    Example

    • "keep it dark"

dark noun

1. an unenlightened state

   Examples

   • "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"
   • "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
2. an unilluminated area

   Example

   • "he moved off into the darkness"
3. absence of light or illumination
4. absence of moral or spiritual values

   Example

   • "the powers of darkness"
5. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

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