darkened

Meaning

Verb

simple past and past participle of darken

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.
2. (not-comparable) Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.

darken

1. (transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
2. (intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).
3. (impersonal) To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
4. (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
5. (intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.
6. (transitive) To render gloomy, darker in mood.
7. (intransitive) To become gloomy, darker in mood.
8. (transitive) To blind, impair the eyesight.
9. (intransitive) To be blinded, lose one’s eyesight.
10. (transitive) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
11. (transitive) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
12. (intransitive) To be extinguished or deprived of vitality, to die.

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Synonyms

blackened

dark

black

gloomy

obscured

darkness

discolored

discoloured

turned gray

lightless

turned grey

pitch-black

pitch-dark

tenebrific

grow dark

obscured with smoke

discolored

discoloured

blacken

darken

Translations

infectus

مظلّم

enfosquit

verdunkelt

assombri

obscurci

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɑɹkənd/