OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 3790

dark

/dɑːk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fosco • fusco • hosco • negrizco • negruzco • oscuro • renegrido
Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
Her skin grew dark with a suntan.
My sister’s hair is darker than mine.
oscuro
Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse, which had never been t…
fúnebre • lúgubre • negro • oscuro • siniestro • tenebroso • tétrico
Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
a dark deed
a dark villain
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