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Synonyms for darker
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dahrk |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɑrk |
Top 10 synonyms for darker Other synonyms for the word darker
- abstruse
- adumbral
- anagogic
- aphotic
- arcane
- atramentous
- atrocious
- bad
- benighted
- bistered
- blackish
- brunet
- brunette
- cabalistic
- caliginous
- cheerless
- cimmerian
- clouded
- complicated
- concealed
- corrupt
- crepuscular
- cryptic
- damnable
- dark-complexioned
- dark-skinned
- Delphian
- dismal
- doleful
- dour
- dun
- dusk
- dusky
- ebon
- ebony
- enigmatic
- esoteric
- faint
- forbidding
- foreboding
- foul
- frowning
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- grimy
- hellish
- horrible
- ill-lighted
- immoral
- indistinct
- infamous
- infernal
- inky
- intricate
- joyless
- knotty
- lightless
- lurid
- misty
- morbid
- morose
- mournful
- murky
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- mystifying
- nebulous
- nefarious
- not known
- obfuscous
- obscure
- occult
- ominous
- opaque
- overcast
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- pitchy
- puzzling
- rayless
- recondite
- sable
- scowling
- shaded
- shadowy
- shady
- sinful
- sinister
- somber
- sooty
- stygian
- sulky
- sullen
- sunless
- swart
- swarthy
- tan
- tenebrous
- threatening
- uncultivated
- unenlightened
- unlettered
- unlighted
- unlit
- unpropitious
- unread
- vague
- vile
- wicked
Définition of darker
Origin :- early 13c., from dark (adj.). Figurative in the dark "ignorant" first recorded 1670s.
- adj lack of light
- adj shaded complexion, hair
- adj hidden, secret
- adj grim, hopeless
- adj evil, satanic
- adj ignorant
- adj angry, upset
- Into the darker secrets of the Book of Wishes we will not penetrate.
- Extract from : « The Intelligence Office (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- I am not painting my early life as any darker than most lives.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- If the juice is boiled too long, the jelly will be darker than it should be.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Their light is burning dim, and yet darker days are awaiting them in the future.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- The eyes and hair seemed a deeper hazel, a darker brown, than they had been.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- It grew darker and darker as she proceeded, but she reached the house in safety.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The darker, grimmer side of the student life was wholly hidden from Betty.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- These too, in turn, became sprinkled with the darker and taller pines.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- If a lead comb be sometimes passed through the hair, it will assume a darker colour, but for health it cannot be recommended.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- The matter began to assume a darker complexion as we thought it over.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
Antonyms for darker
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