Definition for Dark (-er)

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

  1. Unilluminated; devoid of light; (see Job 3:9).
  2. Empty; vacant; lifeless; without light or signs of movement; (see Psalms 74:20).
  3. Uncheerful; gloomy (see Job 22:13).
  4. Secretive; concealed; (Psalms 78:2).
  5. Lonely; frightening; terrifying.
  6. Black; ebony; onyx; (see Proverbs 7:9).
  7. Melancholy; mournful; saddened; [fig.] funeral Procession; (see Lamentations 3:6).
  8. Blackish hue; (see Leviticus 13:56); [fig.] trials; tribulations; struggles of life; sins of the world.
  9. Callous; unfeeling; cold; hardened; (see Daniel 8;23).

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