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Philip Lief Group.
WORD ORIGIN
early 13c., from dark (adj.). Figurative in the dark "ignorant" first recorded 1670s.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR IN THE DARK
behind-the-scenes
adjectivesecrethidden
adjectiveunseen, secret- QT
- abstruse
- buried
- clandestine
- cloaked
- close
- clouded
- concealed
- covered
- covert
- cryptic
- dark
- disguised
- eclipsed
- esoteric
- hermetic
- hermetical
- imperceivable
- in the dark
- indiscernible
- invisible
- latent
- masked
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- obscure
- occult
- out of view
- private
- recondite
- screened
- secluded
- sequestered
- shadowy
- shrouded
- surreptitious
- ulterior
- undercover
- underground
- undetected
- undisclosed
- unexposed
- unknown
- unrevealed
- veiled
- withheld
ignorant
adjectiveunaware, unknowing- apprenticed
- benighted
- birdbrained
- blind to
- cretinous
- dense
- green
- illiterate
- imbecilic
- in the dark
- inexperienced
- innocent
- insensible
- mindless
- misinformed
- moronic
- naive
- nescient
- oblivious
- obtuse
- shallow
- thick
- unconscious
- unconversant
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- uneducated
- unenlightened
- uninformed
- uninitiated
- unintellectual
- unknowledgeable
- unlearned
- unlettered
- unmindful
- unread
- unschooled
- unsuspecting
- untaught
- untrained
- unwitting
- witless
nescient
adjectiveignorant- apprenticed
- benighted
- birdbrained
- blind to
- cretinous
- dense
- green
- illiterate
- imbecilic
- in the dark
- inexperienced
- innocent
- insensible
- mindless
- misinformed
- moronic
- naive
- oblivious
- obtuse
- shallow
- thick
- unconscious
- unconversant
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- uneducated
- unenlightened
- uninformed
- uninitiated
- uninstructed
- unintellectual
- unknowledgeable
- unlearned
- unlettered
- unmindful
- unread
- unschooled
- unsuspecting
- untaught
- untrained
- unwitting
- witless
secretive
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