dark-side

Noun

darkside (countable and uncountable, plural darksides)

1. (countable) The side of something that is in darkness or unlit, or has less illumination.
   • She checked their orbital position. She would have perhaps ten more minutes in darkside. The earth itself was a massive radiation shield between the station and the sun, and she would be perfectly safe.1985 December, Martin Caidin, chapter 21, in Killer Station, New York, N.Y.: Baen Enterprises, →ISBN, page 299
2. (countable, figuratively) The side of something that is metaphorically dark, i.e. evil, distressing or otherwise undesirable; the negative aspect of something.
   • Near-synonym: downside

   Synonyms:

   downside

3. Synonym of farside (“the side of a moon that faces away from the planet that it orbits”).
   • He did not give a damn; he had his own problems and considerations and, besides, the BUTTON and he would settle this once and for all on the fifth go-round and then he would press the BUTTON, on the darkside, let them sweat out this one and think they were getting through to him and the two of them...1971, Barry N[athaniel] Malzberg, chapter XX, in The Falling Astronauts, London: Hachette UK, published 2011, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   farside

4. Synonym of nightside (“the side of a planet that faces away from the sun around which it orbits”).
   • Terraport would be in darkside now, and her great lights would be fused into a single tiny eye winking mockery at him – if he chose to slide back his porthole screen.1950 fall, Charles L[eonard] Harness, “Heritage”, in Robert P[ark] Mills, editor, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume I, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Fantasy House, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 100

   Synonyms:

   nightside

5. (uncountable) A style of electronic music, being a form of hardcore characterized by discordant sounds.
   • The label closely observed the shifts in techno during the 90s, being a staple source of ‘darkside’ hardcore in 1992.1994, “Reinforced Records”, in Colin Larkin, editor, The Guinness Who’s Who of Rap, Dance & Techno, Enfield, Middlesex [London]: Guinness Publishing, →ISBN, page 304, column 1

   Synonyms:

   darkcore