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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
darken
v 1: become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" [ant: lighten,
lighten up]
2: tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good
name"
3: make dark or darker; "darken a room" [ant: brighten,
lighten, lighten up]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Darken \Dark"en\ (d[aum]rk"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darkened
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Darkening (-n*[i^]ng).] [AS.
deorcian. See Dark, a.]
1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure;
as, a darkened room.
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They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth,
so that the land was darkened. --Ex. x. 15.
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So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began
To darken all the hill. --Milton.
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2. To render dim; to deprive of vision.
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see.
--Rom. xi. 10.
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3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or
intelligible.
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Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom
darkenhis foresight. --Bacon.
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without
knowledge? --Job.
xxxviii. 2.
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4. To cast a gloom upon.
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With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not
The mirth of the feast. --Shak.
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5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
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I must not think there are
Evils enough to darken all his goodness. --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Darken \Dark"en\, v. i.
To grow or darker.
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Thesaurus Results for darken:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
attaint, bandage, beat down, becloud, bedarken, bedaub, bedazzle, bedim, befog, begloom, bemist, benight, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bestain, black, black out, blacken, blackwash, blanch, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, block the light, blot, blot out, blotch, blur, blush, brand, brown, cast a shadow, cast down, change color, charcoal, clabber up, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, color, cork, crimson, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken over, darkle, dash, daub, daze, dazzle, deject, denigrate, depress, deprive of sight, dim, dim out, dinge, dirty, discolor, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, dusk, ebonize, eclipse, encloud, encompass with shadow, enmist, excecate, flush, fog, glare, gloam, gloom, glow, gouge, grow dark, grow dim, haze, hoodwink, ink, knock down, look black, lower, lower the spirits, make blind, mantle, mark, melanize, mist, murk, nigrify, nubilate, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, obumbrate, occult, occultate, opaque, oppress, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, oversmoke, pale, press down, redden, sadden, scorch, sear, shade, shadow, singe, sink, slubber, slur, smear, smirch, smog, smoke, smudge, smut, smutch, snow-blind, soil, somber, soot, strike blind, taint, tarnish, turn color, turn pale, turn red, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, whiten |
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Common Misspellings > |
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