Definitions for darken
ˈdɑr kəndark·en

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. darkenverb

   become dark or darker

   "The sky darkened"

2. darkenverb

   tarnish or stain

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

3. darkenverb

   make dark or darker

   "darken a room"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. darkenverb

   To make dark or darker by reducing light.

2. darkenverb

   To become dark or darker (having less light).

3. darkenverb

   To make dark or darker in colour.

4. darkenverb

   To become dark or darker in colour.

5. darkenverb

   To render gloomy, dark(er) of mood

6. darkenverb

   To become gloomy, dark of mood

7. darkenverb

   To blind, impair eyesight

8. darkenverb

   To be blinded, loose clear vision

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Darkenverb

   Etymology: from dark.

   1. To make dark; to deprive of light.

   Black with surrounding forests then it stood,
   That hung above, and darken’d all the flood. Addison.

   Whether the darken’d room to muse invite,
   Or whiten’d wall provoke the skew’r to write. Alexander Pope.

   2. To cloud; to perplex.

   Such was his wisdom, that his confidence did seldom darken his foresight, especially in things near hand. Francis Bacon, Hen. VII.

   3. To foul; to sully.

   The lusts and passions of men do sully and darken their minds, even by a natural influence. John Tillotson, Serm. 4.

2. To Darkenverb

   To grow dark.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Darken

   Darken is a 2017 Canadian digital sci-fi/horror film, produced by Shaftesbury Films' Smokebomb Entertainment and directed by Audrey Cummings, released in 2017. It also stars Bea Santos, Oluniké Adeliyi, Christine Horne, Paul Amos, and Ari Millen. Natasha Negovanlis also makes a cameo appearance in the film. In 2018, an 11-part limited digital series (acting as a prequel to the film), called DARKEN, Before the Dark was released on KindaTV, featuring Jodelle Ferland.

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1. darken

   To darken means to reduce the brightness or lightness of something, either literally, such as reducing the light in a room, or figuratively, like making a story or mood more serious, gloomy, or ominous. It can also mean to make a color more intense or deep.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Darkenadjective

   to make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room

2. Darkenadjective

   to render dim; to deprive of vision

3. Darkenadjective

   to cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible

4. Darkenadjective

   to cast a gloom upon

5. Darkenadjective

   to make foul; to sully; to tarnish

6. Darkenverb

   to grow or darker

7. Etymology: [AS. deorcian. See Dark, a.]

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1. Darken

   Darken is a completed webcomic set in a Dungeons & Dragons-style fantasy world, featuring a cast of morally ambiguous or outright evil characters led by Gort, lord of hellfire. It is based on a story by Mike Foulks. Darken is one of the more popular members of Cornstalker Webcomic Collective. It was originally a member of Comicgenesis since its creation in December 2003 and was later a member of Keenspot from July 2006 until January 2010. It ended on October 17th, and the artist went on to make a new comic, Widdershins.

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Anagrams for darken »

1. ranked

2. Kendra

3. narked

4. danker

5. endark

6. kanred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of darken in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of darken in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of darken in a Sentence

1. Groucho Marx:

   Go, and never darken my towels again.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true

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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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=darken
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Darken
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=darken
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darken
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/darken
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=darken