Part 40 (2/2)

Strictly, that which is _black_ is absolutely destitute of color; that which is _dark_ is absolutely destitute of light In common speech, however, a coat is _black_, tho not optically colorless; the night is _dark_, tho the stars shi+ne That is _obscure_, _shadowy_, or _shady_ froht is more or less cut off _Dusky_ is applied to objects which appear as if viewed in fading light; the word is often used, as are _swart_ and _swarthy_, of the hu toward _black_ _Dim_ refers to imperfection of outline, from distance, darkness, mist, etc, or frolass, are iht _Murky_ is said of that which is at once _dark_, _obscure_, and _gloouratively, _dark_ is eloomy_, also of moral evil; as, a _dark_ deed Of intellectual matters, _dark_ is now rarely used in the old sense of a _dark_ saying, etc See MYSTERIOUS; OBSCURE

Antony, brilliant, dazzling, illuht, radiant, white

Compare synonyms for LIGHT

DECAY

Synonyms:

corrupt, deco word, ordinarily esteemed coarse, but on occasion capable of approved emphatic use; as, ”the name of the wicked shall _rot_,” _Prov_ x, 7; _decay_ and _decompose_ are now common euphemisms

A substance is _decoinal elements by any process; it is _decayed_ when resolved into its original eleradually, but en; to say that a thing is _decayed_ may denote only a partial result, but to say it is _decoe is complete or nearly so _Putrefy_ and the adjectives _putrid_ and _putrescent_, and the nouns _putridity_ and _putrescence_, are used almost exclusively of anieneral word _decay_ being used of either anietable substances

DECEPTION

Synony, double-dealing, fraud, lying, deceit, duplicity, guile, prevarication, deceitfulness, fabrication, hypocrisy, trickery, delusion, falsehood, imposition, untruth

_Deceit_ is the habit, _deception_ the act; _guile_ applies to the disposition out of which _deceit_ and _deception_ grow, and also to their actual practise A _lie_, _lying_, or _falsehood_, is the uttering of what one knows to be false with intent to deceive The novel or drama is not a _lie_, because notthat the earth was flat was not a _lie_, because not then known to be false

_Untruth_ isalways lack of veracity; but it is a sonified word than _lie_ _Falsehood_ and _lying_ are in utterance; _deceit_ and _deception_ may be merely in act or implication _Deception_ may be innocent, and even unintentional, as in the case of an optical illusion; _deceit_ always involves injurious intent _Craft_ and _cunning_ have not necessarily any moral quality; they are common traits of animals, but stand rather low in the hu with intent to appear to mean what one does not

_Dissi of what is than a pretense of what is not _Finesse_ is sie _deceit_ Compare ARTIFICE; FICTION; FRAUD; HYPOCRISY

Antonyms:

candor, frankness, honesty, siuilelessness, openness, sincerity, veracity

DEFENSE