Darkest

Synonyms for "darkest" (782 found)

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darkness benighted brunet caliginous concealed darkish darkling deep dim glowering hidden night obscure sinister unenlightened unilluminated ableptical abominable abstruse acheronian

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Noun(3 words)

darkness cluelessness crepusculum

Adjective(58 words)

gloomy dim dull obscure somber sombre sullen caliginous cheerless darkling depressing disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome dusky forlorn joyless lightless lugubrious

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Adjective(3 words)

benighted black blue

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dim sighted dim-sighted dire dirty disconsolate discreet disgraceful dishonest dishonorable dismal doleful doomful doubtful dour drab drear drearisome dreary dubious dull dumpish dun dusk dusky ebon ebony eclipsed egyptian darkness enigmatic erebus esoteric evasive evil evil-starred execrable eyeless faint fateful feeble felonious filmy fishy flagitious flagrant fog fogginess foggy foreboding foul fraudulent frowning funebrial funereal fuzziness fuzzy gloom gloomful gloominess gloomy glum gothicism grave gray grey grim grum grumly half-seen half-visible hard hazy heathenism heavy heinous hellish hemeralopic hermetic hopeless hush hush hush-hush ignorance ignorant ill ill-boding ill-defined ill-fated ill-got ill-gotten ill-lighted ill-lit ill-omened ill-starred immoral impenetrable impervious to light improper in darkness in the dark inactive inauspicious incomprehensible inconspicuous indefinite indeterminate indeterminateness indirect indistinct indistinctness indistinguishable infamous iniquitous iniquity ink-black inky insidious intense darkness intimidating intransparent intricate jetty joyless knavish

Adjective(79 words)

cut up damp dark colour darksome deep dejected deleterious demonic deplorable depraved depressed dern desolate despicable despondent detrimental devilish diabolical dimpsy dingy

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Adjective(11 words)

dingy disconsolate dismal dour drab drear dreary gloomy glowering glum grim

Noun(2 words)

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knotty latent lenticularis lightlessness low low profile low-profile lowering malign mammatus melancholy melanian melanic melanistic melano melanotic melanous menacing merely glimpsed midnight

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mind-blind mist mistiness misty monstrous moodish moody moonlessness mopey moping mopish morbid morose mournful muddy mumbo jumbo mumpish murk murkiness murky mysterious mystic mystical mystification mystifying naughty nebulous nefarious night-black night-clad night-cloaked night-dark night-enshrouded night-filled night-mantled night-veiled nightfall nigrescent nigrous nimbose not kosher nubilous nyctalopic obfuscated obfuscation obscurantism obscuration obscure darkness obscured obscurity occult occulted of evil portent off air ominous opacity opaque out of focus overcast overclouded paganism pale peccant perplexity pessimistic pitch black pitch-black pitch-dark pitch-darkness pitchy pitchy darkness portending portentous profound purblind puzzling questionable rank raven raven-black rayless recondite reprehensible reprobate restricted rich roiled roily rotten sable sad satanic saturnine savagery scandalous scowling seamy secret secretive semidark semivisible shadowy shady shameful shameless shapeless shapelessness shifty sightless sinful slippery sloe sloe-black sloe-colored smothered sober solemn somber sombrous sorrowful spiritually blind squally stark blind starless starlessness stifled stone-blind stormy stratiform stratous stygian subdued subfusc sulky sullen sunless sunlessness suntanned supernatural suppressed surly suspicious swart swarth swarthiness swarthy tar-black tarry tenebrific tenebrious tenebrose tenebrosity tenebrous tenebrousness the palpable obscure threatening thunderheaded top secret total darkness transcendent tricky triste turbid twilight twilit ulterior unbreatheable uncertain unclarity unclear unclearness uncommunicative unconscienced unconscientious unconscionable undefined under security under wraps underhand underhanded undiscerning undisclosable undisclosed undivulgable undivulged unenlightenment unethical unfathomable unfavorable unforgivable unfortunate unknown unlighted unlit unlucky unobserving unpardonable unperceiving unplain unplainness unprincipled unpromising unpropitious unrecognizable unrevealable unrevealed unsavory unscrupulous unseeing unspeakable unspoken unstraightforward untellable untold untoward unutterable unuttered unwhisperable unworthy vague vagueness velvet darkness vicious vile villainous visionless weak weariful wearisome weary wicked without remorse without shame wrong

Noun(7 words)

knowledgelessness mirkning night nighttime shadow unawareness wickedness

Adjective(121 words)

lachrymable lachrymose lack-laughter lamentable lamentful languid latent leaden low low-spirited lumpish malefic maleficent malevolent malicious malign malignant melancholic mirksome mirthless

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Adjective(8 words)

moody morose obscure saturnine sinister sorry sour sullen

Prep_phrase(1 words)

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It's always darkest before the dawn.

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And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote; because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.

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The darkest place is under the candlestick.

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The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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