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dark
Macabre, gruesome, or disturbing, especially in a surprising or inappropriate way. Often used as a sentence word. A: "And then, out of nowhere, the main character's head gets smashed in with a boulder!" B: "Yeah, the rest of the movie was fairly lighthearted, but that scene got really dark." A: "Can you believe that guy cut me off? I'd like to string him up from a lamppost by his own guts!" B: "Dark, dude. Dark."
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- (as) dark as a pocket
- a dark horse
- a leap in the dark
- a shot in the dark
- a shot/stab in the dark
- a stab in the dark
- all cats are gray after dark
- all cats are gray after dark/at night
- all cats are gray at night
- all cats are gray in the dark
- all cats are grey in the dark
- be a shot in the dark
- be in a dark cloud
- be in the dark (about someone or something)
- be kept in the dark (about something)
- be left in the dark (about something)
- be whistling in the dark
- dark
- dark cloud
- dark cloud on the horizon
- dark comedy
- dark day
- dark days
- dark horse
- dark horse, a
- dark moment
- dark side
- dark side of
- dark underbelly
- darkest hour
- darkest hour is just before the dawn
- deep, dark secret
- every dark cloud has a silver lining
- go dark
- go over to the dark side
- grasp in the dark
- grope in the dark
- in the dark
- in the dark about (something)
- in the dark, to be/keep someone
- it's (always) darkest (just) before the dawn
- It's always darkest just before the dawn
- keep (someone) in the dark (about something)
- keep (something) dark
- keep in the dark
- keep it/something dark
- keep someone in the dark
- keep something dark
- leap in the dark
- leave (someone) in the dark (about something)
- oh dark hundred
- oh dark thirty
- paint a (some kind of) picture (of something)
- pitch dark
- shot in the dark
- shot in the dark, a
- stay in the dark
- stay in the dark about (something)
- take a dark view (of something)
- take a shot in the dark
- take a stab in the dark
- tall, dark, and handsome
- the dark side of (someone or something)
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn
- whistle in the dark
- whistle in the dark, to
- zero dark thirty