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dark

How many syllables in dark?

  1 syllable

Divide dark into syllables:   dark
Syllable stress:   dark
How to pronounce dark:   dahrk
How to say dark:

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Synonyms for dark


1 syllable
  • bleak
  • dim
  • dusk
  • murk
  • sad
  • brown
  • dour
  • gloom
  • night
  • shade
2 syllables
  • brooding
  • darkened
  • dimness
  • evil
  • inky
  • morbid
  • scowling
  • shady
  • sunless
  • brunette
  • darkness
  • dusky
  • gloomy
  • leaden
  • murky
  • shadows
  • sullen
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with dark

1 syllable
  • arc
  • bark
  • clarke
  • hark
  • lark
  • Marc
  • mark
  • marque
  • narc
  • parc
  • Park
  • sark
  • shark
  • stark
  • ark
  • Clark
  • darked
  • karch
  • marc
  • MARC
  • Mark
  • merc
  • nark
  • park
  • quark
  • Sark
  • spark
2 syllables
  • demark
  • parcase
  • sparkback
  • embark
  • remark
3 syllables
    6 syllables
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