"look on the dark side" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: looks on the dark side [present, singular, third-person], looking on the dark side [participle, present], looked on the dark side [participle, past], looked on the dark side [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look on the dark side (third-person singular simple present looks on the dark side, present participle looking on the dark side, simple past and past participle looked on the dark side)
  1. (idiomatic, uncommon) To examine a situation, usually unfavorable, from a negative perspective; to be pessimistic or miserable. Tags: idiomatic, uncommon Synonyms: look on the black side, look on the gloomy side Related terms: look on the dark side of it
    Sense id: en-look_on_the_dark_side-en-verb-zO8eqjGq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for look on the dark side meaning in English (1.6kB)

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