darker

ADJECTIVE

lack of light

Synonyms

STRONGEST

black cloudy darkened dim dingy drab dull foggy gloomy misty murky overcast shadowy somber

STRONG

dun dusk faint

WEAK

aphotic atramentous blackish caliginous cimmerian clouded crepuscular dusky grimy ill-lighted indistinct inky lightless lurid nebulous obfuscous obscure opaque pitch-black pitch-dark pitchy rayless shaded shady sooty stygian sunless tenebrous unlighted unlit vague

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful clean clear distinct good happy intelligent joyful light luminous smart sparkling sunny vivacious

WEAK

apparent brilliant encouraging evident hopeful illuminated lucid manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

shaded complexion, hair

Synonyms

STRONGEST

black tan

STRONG

brunet brunette ebony sable

WEAK

adumbral bistered dark-complexioned dark-skinned dusky ebon swart swarthy

Antonyms

WEAK

apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident good happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

hidden, secret

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deep mysterious

STRONG

mystic occult

WEAK

Delphian abstruse anagogic arcane cabalistic complicated concealed cryptic enigmatic esoteric intricate knotty mystical mystifying not known obscure puzzling recondite

Antonyms

WEAK

apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident good happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

grim, hopeless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bleak drab gloomy ominous sinister somber

STRONG

foreboding

WEAK

cheerless dismal doleful joyless morbid morose mournful unpropitious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful encouraging happy joyful nice sunny

WEAK

apparent brilliant distinct evident good hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

evil, satanic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sinister

STRONG

bad foul infernal

WEAK

atrocious corrupt damnable hellish horrible immoral infamous nefarious sinful vile wicked

Antonyms

STRONG

good honest just

WEAK

apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

ignorant

Synonyms

WEAK

benighted uncultivated unenlightened unlettered unread

Antonyms

WEAK

apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident good happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

angry, upset

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ominous

STRONG

forbidding sulky

WEAK

dour frowning glowering glum scowling sullen threatening

Antonyms

WEAK

apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident good happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

Example Sentences

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Like the best of Cohen’s songs, "You Want It Darker" carries an undercurrent of thrilling subversion, the sense of expressing forbidden but undeniable thoughts.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

Darker color indicates more votes per square feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024

Darker colors mean a stain won’t render something unwearable.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Darker mornings and more evening light together knock your body clock out of whack — which means daylight saving time can usher in sleep trouble for weeks or longer.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Darker and darker until it was not sap anymore at all.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen