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(adj) colored, coloured, dark-skinned, non-white
having skin rich in melanin pigments
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; dark-skinned peoples
(adj) gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, blue
causing dejection
a blue day; the dark days of the war; a week of rainy depressing weather; a disconsolate winter landscape; the first dismal dispiriting days of November; a dark gloomy day; grim rainy weather
(adj) obscure
marked by difficulty of style or expression
much that was dark is now quite clear to me; those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure
(adj) benighted
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
this benighted country; benighted ages of barbarism and superstition; the dark ages; a dark age in the history of education
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
black deeds; a black lie; his black heart has concocted yet another black deed; Darth Vader of the dark side; a dark purpose; dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility; the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him-Thomas Hardy
(adj) dour, glowering, glum, saturnine, sour, sullen, moody, morose
showing a brooding ill humor
a dark scowl; the proverbially dour New England Puritan; a glum, hopeless shrug; he sat in moody silence; a morose and unsociable manner; a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius- Bruce Bliven; a sour temper; a sullen crowd
(noun) darkness
an unenlightened state
he was in the dark concerning their intentions; his lectures dispelled the darkness
an unilluminated area
he moved off into the darkness
(noun) darkness
absence of light or illumination
(noun) iniquity, wickedness, darkness
absence of moral or spiritual values
the powers of darkness
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside