Definitions for darkenˈdɑr kən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

dark•enˈdɑr kən(v.t.; v.i.)

  1. to make or become dark or darker.

  2. to make or become obscure.

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

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

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

Origin of darken:

1250–1300

dark′en•er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. darken(verb)

    become dark or darker

    "The sky darkened"

  2. darken(verb)

    tarnish or stain

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

  3. darken(verb)

    make dark or darker

    "darken a room"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. darken(verb)ˈdɑr kən

    to become or make darker

    as the sky darkened; She darkened her hair.

Wiktionary

  1. darken(Verb)

    To make dark or darker by reducing light.

  2. darken(Verb)

    To become dark or darker (having less light).

  3. darken(Verb)

    To make dark or darker in colour.

  4. darken(Verb)

    To become dark or darker in colour.

  5. darken(Verb)

    To render gloomy, dark(er) of mood

  6. darken(Verb)

    To become gloomy, dark of mood

  7. darken(Verb)

    To blind, impair eyesight

  8. darken(Verb)

    To be blinded, loose clear vision

Webster Dictionary

  1. Darken(adj)

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

  2. Darken(adj)

    to render dim; to deprive of vision

  3. Darken(adj)

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

  4. Darken(adj)

    to cast a gloom upon

  5. Darken(adj)

    to make foul; to sully; to tarnish

  6. Darken(verb)

    to grow or darker


Translations for darken

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

darken(verb)

to make or become dark or darker.

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