HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
| Dictionary | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
|---|---|
| Shopping | The largest selection of DARKEN products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| VERB | 1 | darken | Become dark or darker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | darken, dim | Become or make darker | |
| 3 | darken | Tarnish or stain | |
| 4 | darken | Make dark or darker |
| Sounds | daa'rkahn |
|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | Become dark or darker. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "The sky darkened" |
| Contrary | brighten, lighten |
| Caused by | darken |
| Broader | change |
| Narrower | dusk; black out, blacken out; overcloud, cloud over, cloud up |
| Nouns | darkening |
| Meaning | Become or make darker. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The screen darkened"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown" |
| Synonyms | dim |
| Contrary | brighten |
| Broader | change intensity |
| Nouns | darkening |
| Meaning | Tarnish or stain. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "a scandal that darkened the family's good name" |
| Broader | tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile |
| Meaning | Make dark or darker. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "darken a room" |
| Contrary | brighten, lighten up, lighten |
| Cause to | darken |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Narrower | embrown; murk; dun; blind, dim; dim; obscure, benight, bedim; overcast, cloud |
| Nouns | darkening |
© 2001-05 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact us
Privacy · Robots · Valid XHTML