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Meaning of 'darken' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Darken [ a.]
- To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
- To render dim; to deprive of vision.
- To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
- To cast a gloom upon.
- To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
2 . Darken [ v. i.]
- To grow or darker.

Meaning of 'darken' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . darken [ v]
Meaning (1):
- tarnish or stain
Example in sentence:
  • a scandal that darkened the family's good name
Meaning (2):
- make dark or darker
Example in sentence:
  • darken a room
Meaning (3):
- become dark or darker
Example in sentence:
  • The sky darkened

Nearby Words:

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