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darken > 4 senses
VERB1darkenBecome dark or darker
2darken, dimBecome or make darker
3darkenTarnish or stain
4darkenMake dark or darker
darken > pronunciation
Soundsdaa'rkahn
RhymesAachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn...
darken > verb 1, change
MeaningBecome dark or darker.
PatternSomething ----s
Examples"The sky darkened"
Contrarybrighten, lighten
Caused bydarken
Broaderchange
Narrowerdusk; black out, blacken out; overcloud, cloud over, cloud up
Nounsdarkening
darken > verb 2, perception
MeaningBecome or make darker.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"The screen darkened"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"
Synonymsdim
Contrarybrighten
Broaderchange intensity
Nounsdarkening
darken > verb 3, contact
MeaningTarnish or stain.
PatternSomething ----s something
Examples"a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
Broadertarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
darken > verb 4, change
MeaningMake dark or darker.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"darken a room"
Contrarybrighten, lighten up, lighten
Cause todarken
Broaderchange, alter, modify
Narrowerembrown; murk; dun; blind, dim; dim; obscure, benight, bedim; overcast, cloud
Nounsdarkening

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