🇬🇧🇪🇸 dark - sombrío : English Lesson

Meaning of "dark" ("sombrío"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

When something feels dark, it means it makes you feel very sad, worried, and like there is no way for things to get better. A dark mood is when you feel heavy inside, like a rainy day that never ends. People might feel dark when they are really upset, scared, or have lost something important. It doesn’t mean the room has no light; it means your feelings don’t have much hope or happiness in them.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My sister stared at her math homework with a dark, tragic look, as if each problem had personally betrayed her.

The fortune cookie had a dark message: "You will soon meet… more vegetables."

The dragon felt dark and hopeless until someone told him therapy is not just for humans.

After losing at rock-paper-scissors ten times, Ben stared at his hands with a dark suspicion: "Are you secretly working for my brother?"

A historian made a dark joke that the "Dark Ages" weren’t dark because there were no lights, but because a lot of people were having a very bad time.

She sat in the dark kitchen, fingers cold on a dark mug. The room felt dark around her, the window a dark square. She let the dark press in, breathing shallow. A knock, a small laugh, a lamp clicked on; light spilled in. She blinked, reached, and smiled into the warm room.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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