Emily Dickinson Lexicon

dark (-er), adj. [OE deorc < OHG. tarchanjan, conceal, hide.] (webplay: black, blind, fire, heart, obscure, opposite, saying, time, ways, white).

1. Shut; closed; obscure; shuttered; without light; having no sign of movement; [fig.] empty; vacant; lifeless; inaccessible; unresponsive; unreceptive; excluding; no longer welcoming.
2. Lonely; frightening; terrifying; (see Psalms 74:20).
3. Secretive; concealed; veiled; (Psalms 78:2).
4. Unilluminated; devoid of light; [fig.] seemingly hopeless (see Job 3:9).
5. Somber; muted; subdued; not brightly-colored; (see Proverbs 7:9).
6. Grim; melancholy; depressing; [fig.] sad; sorrowful; mournful; funereal; (see Lamentations 3:6).
7. Black; brown-hued; humus-colored; (see Leviticus 13:56); [fig.] mortal; earthly; material; temporal; worldly.
8. Eclipsed; overcast; cloudy; gloomy; (see Job 22:13).
9. Callous; unfeeling; cold; hardened; without emotion; [fig.] evil; malignant; (see Daniel 8:23).