Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
(ux)
(RQ:RJfrs AmtrPqr)
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
(RQ:Chrsty Atbgrfy)
If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.
Not clear to the understanding; not easily through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
(w) (1564-1616)
What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?
1594-, (w), (w)
What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain.
1801, Isaac Watts, The improvement of the mind, or A supplement to the art of logic
It is the remark of an ingenious writer, should a barbarous Indian, who had never seen a palace or a ship, view their separate and disjointed parts, and observe the pillars, doors, windows, cornices and turrets of the one, or the prow and stern, the ribs and masts, the ropes and shrouds, the sails and tackle of the other, he would be able to form but a very lame and dark idea of either of those excellent and useful inventions.
(w) (1819-1885)
the dark problems of existence
puhekieltä Having racing capability not widely known.
A deep melancholy took possession of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature.
(w) (1783-1859)
There is, in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period.
Sir (w) (1614-1669)
The age wherein he lived was dark, but he / Could not want light who taught the world to see.
(w) (1811-1833)
The tenth century used to be reckoned by mediaeval historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night.
With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either.