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Synonyms for darken
ˈdɑr kəndark·en
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Wiktionary
darkenverb
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blackendarkenverb
To make dark or darker by reducing light.
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blackendarkenverb
To become dark or darker (having less light).
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blackendarkenverb
To make dark or darker in colour.
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blackendarkenverb
To become dark or darker in colour.
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blackendarkenverb
To render gloomy, dark(er) of mood
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blackendarkenverb
To become gloomy, dark of mood
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blackendarkenverb
To blind, impair eyesight
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blackendarkenverb
To be blinded, loose clear vision
Synonyms:
blacken
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
darkenverb
become dark or darker
"The sky darkened"
Antonyms:
brighten, lighten up, lightendarkenverb
tarnish or stain
"a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
Antonyms:
lighten, lighten up, brightendarkenverb
make dark or darker
"darken a room"
Antonyms:
lighten up, brighten, lighten
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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#696 | color | |
#3202 | soil | |
#10684 | dye | |
#12545 | stain | |
#55901 | darken | |
#119090 | blacken |
How to use darken in a sentence?
How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true
Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts (1931) "Life and Human Nature":
How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true!
If you darken the ice then it melts faster. These are new insights.
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.
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.
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