Dark
Earnest
Earnest adjective - Not joking or playful in mood or manner.
Dark and earnest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dark" instead an adjective "Earnest".
Nearby Words: earnestness, earnestly
Both words in one sentence
- Cthulhu Mythos: Much like El Viento, the dark god Hastur is involved, and at one point, Earnest and Annet obtain an artifact explicitly called the Elder Sign, used to seal Hastur away.
Source: Video Game / Earnest Evans -
Dorian does not.A tale of corruption and obsession that is surprisingly dark for the author of The Importance of Being Earnest.
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Darker and Edgier: About halfway through Genis's run under the name, his title was retooled from a comical series about the relatively earnest Genis to a dark series in which Genis became a Reality Warper with a god complex.
Source: Comic Book / Captain Mar-Vell
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