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What is the adjective for darkness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs darken and darkle which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dark
  1. Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
    1. (light) Extinguished.
    2. Deprived of sight; blind.
  2. (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
  3. Hidden, secret, obscure.
    1. Not clear to the understanding; not easily through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
    2. (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
  4. Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
  5. Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
  6. Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period.
  7. With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. unlit, unilluminated, ill-lit, poorly lit, dim, dingy, gloomy, dusky, unlighted, indistinct, shadowy, pitch-dark, shady, darkened, somber, sombre, badly lit, crepuscular, pitch-black, tenebrous, jet-black, murky, black, caliginous, inky, cavernous, Cimmerian, Stygian, Tartarean, aphotic, atramentous, blackish, cimmerian, darkish, darkling, darksome, dimmed, ill-lighted, lightless, obscured, pitchy, rayless, shaded, stygian, tenebrific, pitch black, obscure, dusk, cloudy, sunless … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “The detective ventured into the dark basement below to look for clues.”
      “The night was dark, with nary a star in the sky.”
      “She hid a dark secret about her troubled past from the rest of the townsfolk.”
darkling
  1. Dark; darkening.
  2. obscure; done or happening 'in the dark' or unseen.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. dark, caliginous, dim, gloomy, unlit, dimmed, dusky, murky, black, darkened, darkish, darksome, dusk, lightless, obscure, pitchy, tenebrific, tenebrous, obscured, rayless, somber, sombre, stygian, pitch-black, pitch-dark, shadowy, unilluminated, Stygian, dingy, shady, crepuscular, unlighted, poorly lit, Cimmerian, sunless, misty, dreary, inky, nebulous, ill-lit, jet black, badly lit, moonless, drab, overcast, dull, Tartarean, grey, nubilous, funereal … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “I sat for a while, watching the waterfowl settling for the night on the darkling waters.”
darkened
  1. Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dark, caliginous, dim, gloomy, unlit, dimmed, dusky, murky, shadowy, unilluminated, black, darkish, darkling, darksome, dusk, lightless, obscure, pitchy, tenebrific, tenebrous, obscured, rayless, somber, sombre, stygian, pitch-black, pitch-dark, poorly lit, Stygian, dingy, shady, unlighted, Cimmerian, crepuscular, inky, dreary, misty, sunless, nebulous, ill-lit, drab, jet black, badly lit, moonless, dull, overcast, Tartarean, grey, nubilous, funereal … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The system, power button, and LCD backlight provide an eerie glow in a darkened room.”
darksome
  1. (poetic) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dark, caliginous, dim, gloomy, unlit, dimmed, dusky, murky, black, darkened, darkish, darkling, dusk, lightless, obscure, pitchy, tenebrific, tenebrous, obscured, rayless, somber, sombre, stygian, pitch-black, pitch-dark, shadowy, unilluminated, Stygian, dingy, shady, crepuscular, unlighted, poorly lit, Cimmerian, sunless, misty, dreary, inky, nebulous, ill-lit, badly lit, jet black, moonless, drab, overcast, dull, grey, Tartarean, gray, nubilous … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Inez followed him into this darksome hole, and the wall closed behind them.”
      “So what had seemed darksome before now appears most perfectly lightsome to every sort of person-to the dense as well as to the discerning.”
      “As in the darksome Te Deum sequence at the end of Act I, he turns religious ritual against itself, exposing its contradictions.”
darke
  1. Obsolete spelling of dark
darkful
  1. (archaic) Full of darkness
darkish
  1. Somewhat dark.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dark, caliginous, dim, gloomy, unlit, dimmed, dusky, murky, black, darkened, darkling, darksome, dusk, lightless, obscure, pitchy, tenebrific, tenebrous, obscured, rayless, somber, sombre, stygian, pitch-black, pitch-dark, shadowy, unilluminated, dingy, Stygian, unlighted, shady, poorly lit, Cimmerian, crepuscular, dreary, misty, sunless, nebulous, inky, ill-lit, overcast, grey, dull, badly lit, jet black, moonless, gray, drab, nubilous, funereal … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It's a darkish area, so it needs to be lit up like fireworks.”
      “It does not matter that many of them have darkish complexions and names like Pepe.”
      “The suspect was in a dark short-sleeved shirt, darkish trousers, dark baseball cap with white motif on the front.”
darker
  1. comparative form of dark: more dark
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dimmer, dingier, gloomier, duskier, shadowier, shadier, somberer, sombrer, murkier, blacker, inkier, pitchier, more unlit, more indistinct, more crepuscular, more pitch-black, more tenebrous, more jet-black, more caliginous, more cavernous, more Stygian, more Tartarean, more aphotic, more blackish, more cimmerian, more darkish, more darkling, more darksome, more shaded, more stygian, more tenebrific, cloudier, grayer, greyer, bleaker, drearier, rainier, more overcast, more sunless, more leaden, more clouded, obscurer, abstruser … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Life in Lille became darker by the month and a time came when Bobby could stand no more.”
      “Following a weekend down the islands, her face got two shades darker, making the warm beige foundation of no use to her.”
      “They are brown above and slightly darker on the wings than on the back and rump.”
darkest
  1. superlative form of dark: most dark
  2. Synonyms:
      3. veiled, personal, secret, hidden, intimate, private, deep, deepest, inner, innermost, confidential, inward, unrevealed, individual, privy, underlying, covert, guarded, nonpublic, undeclared, undisclosed, unspoken, unvoiced, unexpressed, concealed, clandestine, closed, reserved, secretive, shrouded, sneaking, inmost, unapparent, masked, closet, esoteric, hushed, unseen, deep-seated, non-public, top-secret, tight-lipped, bottled up, exclusive, inside, behind-the-scenes, hush-hush, classified, privileged, restricted … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They stress that during that time they were never subjected to abuse or violence, even in the darkest days of the conflict.”
      “Over the decades, the beautiful game has helped to boost and bolster the nation's morale and has lifted spirits even in the darkest of times.”
      “For those who like the darkest of red roses, Raven is always abloom with small, velvety red roses that grow in large clusters.”
darkening
  1. present participle of darken
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blackening, dusking, shading, blacking out, growing black, making darker, growing blacker, growing dark, growing darker, making dark, closing in, making black, making blacker, becoming shaded, toning down, shrouding, clouding, shadowing, obscuring, dimming, overshadowing, beclouding, fogging, bedimming, misting, befogging, overcasting, hazing, blurring, overclouding, blearing, dislimning, eclipsing, obfuscating, murking, graying, greying, louring, deepening, clouding over, fuzzing up, growing dim, making dim, clouding up, casting a shadow, veiling, adumbrating, casting a shadow over … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The attorneys were confident after the initial House contempt ruling that they would win on appeal, despite the darkening ambiance.”
darkled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of darkle
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