100 Best Synonyms for “Dark”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	abstruse	Difficult to understand.
2.	arcane	Known by few; mysterious.
3.	atrocious	Shockingly bad or cruel.
4.	baleful	Threatening harm or evil.
5.	base	Morally low or dishonorable.
6.	benighted	In darkness or ignorance.
7.	black	Having the deepest color or shade.
8.	bleak	Cold, cheerless, and gloomy.
9.	blurred	Not clear or sharply defined.
10.	brooding	Gloomy and troubled.
11.	brown	Having a dark earthy color.
12.	charcoal	Deep gray-black in color.
13.	cimmerian	Very dark and gloomy.
14.	clouded	Made unclear, gloomy, or covered.
15.	cloudy	Not clear or bright.
16.	coal-black	Black like coal.
17.	corrupt	Morally dishonest or rotten.
18.	crepuscular	Relating to twilight; dim.
19.	cryptic	Mysterious or hard to understand.
20.	demonic	Evil or fiendish.
21.	depraved	Morally corrupt or wicked.
22.	devilish	Wicked, mischievous, or cruel.
23.	diabolical	Extremely wicked or cruel.
24.	dim	Having little light or brightness.
25.	dismal	Gloomy, depressing, or miserable.
26.	dreary	Dull, gloomy, and depressing.
27.	dull	Lacking brightness, shine, or liveliness.
28.	dusky	Somewhat dim or shadowed.
29.	ebony	Deep black in color.
30.	eerie	Strangely frightening or unsettling.
31.	enigmatic	Mysterious and puzzling.
32.	evil	Morally bad or wicked.
33.	fiendish	Cruel, wicked, or ingenious.
34.	foggy	Obscured by fog or confusion.
35.	forbidding	Unfriendly, threatening, or bleak.
36.	foul	Very unpleasant or morally bad.
37.	funereal	Gloomy and mournful.
38.	ghastly	Horrible, frightening, or deathly pale.
39.	gloomy	Low in light or cheer.
40.	gothic	Gloomy, mysterious, and dramatic.
41.	gray	Dull, cloudy, or colorless.
42.	grey	Dull, cloudy, or colorless.
43.	grim	Harsh, gloomy, or forbidding.
44.	hazy	Unclear, misty, or vague.
45.	heinous	Shockingly wicked or evil.
46.	immoral	Not morally right.
47.	impenetrable	Impossible to understand or enter.
48.	indistinct	Not clearly visible or defined.
49.	inky	Black like ink.
50.	inscrutable	Impossible to understand or read.
51.	jet-black	Deep, glossy black.
52.	joyless	Lacking happiness or cheer.
53.	leaden	Dull gray and heavy-looking.
54.	lightless	Having no light.
55.	low-lit	Having low illumination.
56.	macabre	Disturbing because involving death.
57.	malevolent	Wishing harm to others.
58.	malign	Evil or harmful in nature.
59.	malignant	Evil, harmful, or dangerous.
60.	melancholy	Sad, gloomy, or pensive.
61.	menacing	Threatening or dangerous.
62.	midnight	Very deep black or blue.
63.	morbid	Unhealthily gloomy or death-focused.
64.	mournful	Sad, gloomy, or sorrowful.
65.	murky	Dim, cloudy, or hard to see.
66.	nefarious	Wicked or criminal.
67.	obfuscated	Made unclear or confusing.
68.	obscure	Not clear, known, or easily seen.
69.	ominous	Threatening or foreboding.
70.	opaque	Not transparent or clear.
71.	overcast	Covered with clouds; gloomy.
72.	pitch-black	Completely black or unlit.
73.	poorly lit	Having insufficient light.
74.	raven	Glossy black in color.
75.	sable	Black or very deep brown.
76.	satanic	Evil in a devilish way.
77.	sepulchral	Gloomy and suggestive of tombs.
78.	shadowy	Full of shadows or obscurity.
79.	sinister	Suggesting evil or danger.
80.	slate	Dark gray-blue in color.
81.	smoky	Grayish, hazy, or smoke-colored.
82.	somber	Gloomy, serious, or depressing.
83.	sooty	Blackened or colored like soot.
84.	Stygian	Extremely black or gloomy.
85.	sullen	Gloomy, resentful, or unsmiling.
86.	sunless	Receiving no sunlight.
87.	tawny	Brownish-yellow or dusky.
88.	tenebrous	Very shadowy or obscure.
89.	turbid	Cloudy, muddy, or unclear.
90.	twilit	Dimly lit by twilight.
91.	unclear	Not easily understood or seen.
92.	unfathomable	Impossible to fully understand.
93.	unilluminated	Not lit or brightened.
94.	unlighted	Not lit.
95.	unlit	Not provided with light.
96.	vague	Not clear or definite.
97.	veiled	Covered, hidden, or unclear.
98.	vile	Extremely unpleasant or wicked.
99.	villainous	Wicked or criminal in nature.
100.	wicked	Morally wrong or evil.