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darkest

ADJECTIVE

lack of light

Synonyms

STRONGEST

black cloudy darkened dim dingy drab dull foggy gloomy misty murky overcast shadowy somber

STRONG

dun dusk faint

WEAK

aphotic atramentous blackish caliginous cimmerian clouded crepuscular dusky grimy ill-lighted indistinct inky lightless lurid nebulous obfuscous obscure opaque pitch-black pitch-dark pitchy rayless shaded shady sooty stygian sunless tenebrous unlighted unlit vague

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful clean clear distinct good happy intelligent joyful light luminous smart sparkling sunny vivacious

WEAK

apparent brilliant encouraging evident hopeful illuminated lucid manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

shaded complexion, hair

Synonyms

STRONGEST

black tan

STRONG

brunet brunette ebony sable

WEAK

adumbral bistered dark-complexioned dark-skinned dusky ebon swart swarthy

Antonyms

WEAK

apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident good happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

hidden, secret

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deep mysterious

STRONG

mystic occult

WEAK

Delphian abstruse anagogic arcane cabalistic complicated concealed cryptic enigmatic esoteric intricate knotty mystical mystifying not known obscure puzzling recondite

Antonyms

WEAK

apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident good happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

grim, hopeless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bleak drab gloomy ominous sinister somber

STRONG

foreboding

WEAK

cheerless dismal doleful joyless morbid morose mournful unpropitious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful encouraging happy joyful nice sunny

WEAK

apparent brilliant distinct evident good hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

evil, satanic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sinister

STRONG

bad foul infernal

WEAK

atrocious corrupt damnable hellish horrible immoral infamous nefarious sinful vile wicked

Antonyms

STRONG

good honest just

WEAK

apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

ignorant

Synonyms

WEAK

benighted uncultivated unenlightened unlettered unread

Antonyms

WEAK

apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident good happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

angry, upset

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ominous

STRONG

forbidding sulky

WEAK

dour frowning glowering glum scowling sullen threatening

Antonyms

WEAK

apparent bright brilliant cheerful distinct encouraging evident good happy hopeful illuminated light lucid luminous manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

Example Sentences

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But the rise of artificial intelligence chatbots that quickly answer questions and generate content also means that people are spilling their darkest thoughts online.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

“This is really one of the darkest times in U.S.-Latin American relations,” Zavala said.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Diakité's death raises fresh questions about the legacy of accountability and about the fate of those held responsible for one of the darkest episodes in Guinea's recent history.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Late in the film, things are at their darkest: a friendship has been torn apart, and the band is spiraling down the drain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Moving quickly, Clare gathered the fattest, darkest fruit.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman