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Idioms for dark
- in ignorance; uninformed: He was in the dark about their plans for the evening.
- in secrecy; concealed; obscure.
in the dark,
keep dark, to keep as a secret; conceal: They kept their political activities dark.
Origin of dark
before 1000; (adj.) Middle English derk,Old English deorc; (noun and v.) Middle English, derivative of the adj.; compare Middle High German terken to darken, hide
synonym study for dark
1. Dark, dim, obscure, gloomy, murky refer to absence or insufficiency of light. Dark implies a more or less complete absence of light: a dark night. Dim implies faintness of light or indistinctness of form (resulting from the lack of light or from imperfect vision): a dim outline. Obscure implies dimness that may arise also from factors that interfere with light or vision: obscure because of haze. Gloomy means cloudy, ill-lighted, dusky: a gloomy hall. Murky implies a thick or misty darkness: murky water.
OTHER WORDS FROM dark
non·dark, adjectivepre·dark, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for dark
Derived forms of dark
darkish, adjectivedarkly, adverbdarkness, nounWord Origin for dark
Old English deorc; related to Old High German terchennen to hide
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