Synonyms for dark
148 synonyms for “dark”, grouped by meaning. Dark green words mean nearly the same thing; light green ones are close in some uses.
Dark as in “grim”
adjective: causing dejection
- grim
- dreary
- dismal
- blue
- bleak
- melancholy
- depressing
- sad
- disconsolate
- dingy
- dire
- desolate
- doleful
- sunless
- cheerless
- drear
- comfortless
- murky
- drab
- miserable
- forlorn
- solemn
- mournful
- dejected
- damp
- plaintive
- sorrowful
- pessimistic
- unenlightened
- shattered
- low
- downcast
- depressed
- wistful
- unhappy
- passionate
- dirty
- wretched
- ominous
- negative
- despondent
- woe
- lugubrious
- mirthless
- low-spirited
- joyless
- melancholic
- elegiac
- mopey
Dark as in “sinister”
adjective: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- sinister
- evil
- wicked
- satanic
- sinful
- bad
- malevolent
- wrong
- devilish
- demonic
- nefarious
- knavish
- villainous
- abandoned
- vicious
- vile
- base
- naughty
- diabolical
- malicious
- immoral
- shady
- ungodly
- heinous
- sordid
- reprehensible
- harmful
- malignant
- shadowy
- depraved
- despicable
- baleful
- menacing
- unholy
- iniquitous
- baneful
- arrant
- reprobate
- infernal
- evil-minded
- malefic
- maleficent
Dark as in “gloomy”
adjective: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
- gloomy
- black
- dim
- dusky
- dull
- swarthy
- caliginous
- darkling
- deep
- inky
- dusk
- languid
- faint
- twilight
- leaden
- muted
- pitch-dark
- blear
- crepuscular
- unlit
- lightless
- tenebrous
Dark as in “sullen”
adjective: showing a brooding ill humor
- sullen
- glum
- moody
- morose
- dour
- saturnine
- ill-natured
- sour
- foreboding
- sober
- glowering
Dark as in “obscure”
adjective: marked by difficulty of style or expression
- obscure
- mysterious
- arcane
- enigmatic
- undefined
- mystic
- esoteric
- opaque
- occult
- recondite
Dark as in “concealed”
adjective: secret
- hidden
- concealed
- night
- shadow
- secret
- underground
- snug
- silent
- covered
- invisible
- latent
- brown
- undisclosed
- unapparent
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