Related Words for dark

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darkling
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Adjective, Name
darkening
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Name, Noun
dusky
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Noun, Adjective, Noun
benighted
x/x
Noun, Adjective
gloomy
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Adjective, Adjective
shadow
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
grim
/
Noun, Adjective
obscure
x/
Adjective, Adjective
sour
/x
Adjective, Adjective
glum
/
Adjective, Adjective
dim
/
Adjective, Adjective
morose
x/
Adjective, Adjective
sullen
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Adjective, Adjective
dour
/x
Adjective, Adjective
moody
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Name
glowering
/xx
Name, Noun
depressing
x/x
Noun, Adjective
black
/
Adjective, Adjective, Name
dismal
/x
Name, Adjective
dispiriting
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
subdued
x/
Adjective, Adjective
wicked
/x
Adjective, Adjective
colored
/x
Adjective, Adjective
disconsolate
xxxx
Adjective, Adjective
evil
/x
Adjective, Adjective
coloured
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
sinister
/xx
Noun, Adjective
twilight
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
wickedness
/xx
Noun, Noun
brunette
x/
Noun, Adjective
brunet
x/
Adjective, Adjective
iniquity
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
cheerless
/x
Noun, Adjective
night
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
nighttime
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
blue
/
Noun, Adjective, Noun
incomprehensible
xxx/xx
Noun, Adjective
unenlightened
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
unlit
xx
Adjective, Adjective
concealed
x/
Adjective, Adjective
light
/
Noun, Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Noun
shadowy
/xx
Adjective
murky
/x
Adjective
bright
/
Adjective
bleak
/
Adjective
grey
/
Name
stormy
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Adjective
gray
/
Noun
spooky
/x
Noun
smoky
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Name
foggy
/x
Adjective
eerie
/x
Noun
ominous
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Adjective
grayish
/x
Adjective
misty
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Noun
dusty
/x
Adjective
sombre
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Adjective
dingy
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Adjective
desolate
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Adjective
grimy
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Adjective
cold
/
Noun
cloudy
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Noun
dreary
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Adjective
somber
/x
Adjective
gritty
/x
Noun
mysterious
x/xx
Adjective
scary
/x
Adjective
moonless
/x
Noun
milky
/x
Name
dull
/
Adjective
creepy
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Adjective
luminous
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Adjective
glow
/
Noun
hazy
/x
Adjective
dank
/
Noun
snowy
/x
Noun
brooding
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Noun
gothic
/x
Name
reddish
/x
Adjective
bluish
/x
Adjective
smokey
/x
Name
damp
/
Adjective
opaque
x/
Adjective
rainy
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Adjective
strange
/
Adjective
deep
/
Adjective
muddy
/x
Adjective
pale
/
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective
dusk
/
Noun
midnight
/x
Noun
lowering
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Verb
faded
/x
Verb
shaded
/x
Adjective
downcast
/x
Adjective
overcast
/xx
Adjective
murk
/
Noun
sunless
/x
Adjective
dying
/x
Verb
midnight blue
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
out like a light
//x/
Phrase, Adjective
moonlit
/x
Noun
overnight
/x/
Adjective
broken
/x
Adjective
flagging
/x
Noun
asleep
x/
Adverb
clair de lune
///
Name, Name, Adjective
withering
/xx
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
dwindling
/xx
Noun
down for the count
//x/
Phrase, Adjective
dipped
/
Verb
vanishing
/xx
Noun
blake
/
Name
bleached
/
Adjective
on the wane
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
nightly
/x
Adjective
nocturnal
x/x
Adjective
downbeat
x/
Noun
terminating
/xxx
Verb
waning
/x
Noun
clear
/
Adjective
perishing
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Noun
stark
/
Name
faint
/
Adjective
barren
/x
Adjective
whistling
/x
Verb
fumbling
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Verb
skinned
/
Noun
pitch
/
Verb
smudges
/x
Noun
sunglasses
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Noun
sneak
/
Verb
undressed
x/
Verb
stumbling
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Verb
incubated
/xxx
Verb
brown
/
Name
underside
/xx
Noun
paneling
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Noun
dungeon
/x
Noun
glasses
/x
Noun
blotches
/x
Noun
lurking
/x
Verb
silhouettes
xx/
Noun
alley
/x
Noun
shuttered
/x
Verb
lashes
/x
Noun
recesses
/xx
Noun
green
/
Noun
brows
/
Noun
peering
/x
Verb
abyss
x/
Noun
purple
/x
Noun
complexion
x/x
Noun
forebodings
x/x
Noun
clouds
/
Noun
cellar
/x
Noun
hallway
/x
Noun
cavern
/x
Noun
accustomed
x/x
Verb
tripped
/
Verb
mahogany
x/xx
Noun
red
/
Noun
closet
/x
Noun
tunnel
/x
Noun
chocolate
/x
Noun
slacks
/
Noun
outside
//
Noun
acorn
/x
Noun
an
/
Noun
anonymous
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
arcane
x/
Adjective
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bedtime
/x
Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
blind
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
blur
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blurry
/x
Adjective
bosnian
/xx
Name, Adjective
bruno
/x
Name
changer
/x
Noun
chestnut
/x
Noun, Adjective
confusing
x/x
Adjective
covert
/x
Adjective, Noun
cryptic
/x
Adjective, Noun
curtain
/x
Noun, Verb
dappled
/x
Adjective
day
/
Noun, Verb
daytime
/x
Adjective, Noun
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
discoloration
xxx/x
Noun
drizzle
/x
Noun, Verb
dubious
/xx
Adjective
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
esoteric
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
evening
/x
Noun
extinct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
featureless
/xx
Adjective
flame
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
foul
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
gap
/
Noun, Verb
ghoulish
/x
Adjective
grayling
/x
Noun
grievance
/x
Noun
halibut
/xx
Noun
hidden
/x
Adjective, Noun
hunk
/
Noun
ignorance
/xx
Noun
inky
/x
Adjective, Noun
inner
/x
Adjective, Noun
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
jacket
/x
Noun, Verb
magic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
miserable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
mist
/
Noun, Verb
mule
/
Noun, Verb
nasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
nebulous
/xx
Adjective
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
nightfall
/x
Noun
noir
/
Noun, Adjective
obscurity
x/xx
Noun
orange
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
purplish
/x
Adjective
room
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
sad
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sank
/
Verb
sea
/
Noun
shady
/x
Adjective, Noun
sham
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
shred
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slick
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
small hours
//x
Phrase, Noun
sobering
/xx
Adjective
spotted
/x
Adjective
sundown
/x
Noun, Verb
sunlit
/x
Adjective
sunset
/x
Noun, Verb
swarthy
/x
Adjective, Noun
terrible
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
tonight
x/
Adverb, Noun
tragic
/x
Adjective, Noun
triad
/x
Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb