Definitions of darken [ˈdɑr kən]

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Definition of 'darken'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) darken
to make or become dark or darker.

2.  darken
to make or become obscure.

3.  darken
to make or become less white or clear in color.

4.  darken
to make or become gloomy; sadden or dampen.

5.  darken
to make or become clouded, furrowed, etc., as with worry or anger.

Etymology: (1250–1300)

Definition of 'darken'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) darken
become dark or darker
"The sky darkened"

2. (verb) darken
tarnish or stain
"a scandal that darkened the family's good name"

3. (verb) darken
make dark or darker
"darken a room"

Definition of 'darken'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) darken
to become or make darker
as the sky darkened; She darkened her hair.

Definition of 'darken'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) darken
to make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room

2. (adj) darken
to render dim; to deprive of vision

3. (adj) darken
to cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible

4. (adj) darken
to cast a gloom upon

5. (adj) darken
to make foul; to sully; to tarnish

6. (verb) darken
to grow or darker

Translation of 'darken'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make or become dark or darker.
Afrikaans: verdonker	Arabic: يُظْلِم، يُصْبِحُ داكِنا	Bulgarian: потъмнявам
Brazilian: escurecer	Czech: ztmavnout, zatemnit	German: verdunkeln
Danish: blive mørk; formørke; gør	Greek: σκοτεινιάζω	Spanish: oscurecer
Estonian: pimendama, pimenema	Farsi: تاریک شدن؛ تیره شدن	Finnish: pimentää
French: s'assombrir	Hebrew: להאפיל, להחשיך	Hindi: काला हो जाना
Croatian: zatamniti, zamračiti	Hungarian: elsötétít; elsötétül	Indonesian: menggelapkan
Icelandic: dekkja; verða dimmur	Italian: oscurarsi	Japanese: 暗くする
Korean: 어둡게 하다	Lithuanian: tamsėti, tamsinti	Latvian: satumst; aptumšot
Malay: menggelapkan	Dutch: verdonkeren, donkerder wo	Norwegian: mørkne, formørke
Polish: ściemniać, ciemnieć	Persian: تاریک شدن؛ تیره شدن	Pashto: تیاره شول
Portuguese: escurecer	Romanian: a seîntuneca	Russian: затемнять; темнеть
Slovak: stmievať sa, zachmúriť sa	Slovenian: zatemniti	Serbian: zamračiti
Swedish: mörkna, förmörkas, mörklä	Thai: ทำให้มืด	Turkish: karar(t)mak
Taiwanese: 使變暗	Ukrainian: темніти; затемнювати	Urdu: سیاہ کرنا ، سیاہ ہو جانا
Vietnamese: làm cho cái gì trở thành	Chinese: 使变暗
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