a historical period where social disorder is so great due to war, disease, political disorder etc. that there is little or no cultural development; Dark Ages

to survive

dark

darkness

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

age, era, period (of time) / the times, spirit of the age / antiquity / a time in one's life, one's days (in college etc.)

a type of interstellar cloud that is so dense that it obscures light from background stars; a dark nebula

the dark, cruel side of a matter or situation / (Star Wars) the dark side of The Force