Antonyms for darken
ˈdɑr kəndark·en

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1. darkenverb

   Synonyms:
   blacken

2. darkenverb

   To make dark or darker by reducing light.

   Synonyms:
   blacken

3. darkenverb

   To become dark or darker (having less light).

   Synonyms:
   blacken

4. darkenverb

   To make dark or darker in colour.

   Synonyms:
   blacken

5. darkenverb

   To become dark or darker in colour.

   Synonyms:
   blacken

6. darkenverb

   To render gloomy, dark(er) of mood

   Synonyms:
   blacken

7. darkenverb

   To become gloomy, dark of mood

   Synonyms:
   blacken

8. darkenverb

   To blind, impair eyesight

   Synonyms:
   blacken

9. darkenverb

   To be blinded, loose clear vision

   Synonyms:
   blacken

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1. darkenverb

   Antonyms:
   blanch, bleach, make white, whiten, whitewash

   Synonyms:
   blacken, color, dye, soil, stain

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1. • Change
   • Tarnish

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. darkenverb

   become dark or darker

   "The sky darkened"

   Antonyms:
   brighten, lighten up, lighten

2. darkenverb

   tarnish or stain

   "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"

   Antonyms:
   lighten, lighten up, brighten

3. darkenverb

   make dark or darker

   "darken a room"

   Antonyms:
   lighten up, brighten, lighten

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1. darkenverb

   Synonyms:
   shade, obscure, infuscate, shadow, becloud, obfuscate, perplex, confuse, sully, tarnish, discolor

How to use darken in a sentence?

1. Konrad Steffen:

   If you darken the ice then it melts faster. These are new insights.

2. Groucho Marx:

   Go, and never darken my towels again.

3. Dave Jones:

   Remember, the sun is 93 million miles away. The shadow of the moon will still darken the sky, if it is cloudy ,it will get even darker.

4. John Nelson:

   It would literally darken the sky, i remember one day, I was standing back about 300 feet. I could still see the flames rising above the pit.

5. Patrick Henry:

   Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugationthe last arguments to which kings resort.

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