dare-devil, a. [reckless], [rash], [inconsiderate], [venturesome].
dark, a. unilluminated, sunless, dusky, rayless, Cimmerian, pitchy, tenebrific, murk, [murky], dingy, [shadowy], [shady], mirky, [lowering], overcast, [gloomy], [sullen], Stygian, sombre; [obscure], [mysterious], [incomprehensible], recondite [abstruse], cabalistic, [cryptic], enigmatical, [occult]; brunette, swart, swarthy.
darken, v. [shade], [obscure], infuscate, [shadow], [becloud], obfuscate; [perplex], [confuse]; sully, [tarnish], discolor.
darkness, n. [obscurity], [shadow], dimness, [gloom], infuscation, murkiness, obfuscation, tenebrosity; unenlightenment. Associated words: Erebus, Ahriman, Cimmerii.
dart, v. hurl, [launch], jaculate; [spring], [dodge], [bolt], [shoot].
dash, n. [collision], allision, [crash]; [abashment], [frustration]; infusion, [smack], tincture, [sprinkling]; onset, [rush], [sally]; [energy], [animation], [vigor]; (Slang) [parade], [flourish], [show], ostentation.
dashboard, n. splashboard, dasher.
dashing, a. [spirited], [bold], [brilliant], [ostentatious], [gay]; roaring, rushing, [headlong].
dastard, n. [coward], [craven], [poltroon]. See coward.