Darken synonyms and antonyms
där'kən
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become dark
To grow darker
To cover or obscure with clouds:
shade (related)
To produce (gradations of light or color) in a drawing or picture:
(Usually passive) cover or surround with clouds
To make (the eyes or the vision) dim; darken or obscure
To become dark or black:
(Intransitive) To become lower in tone
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Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
To be, become, or appear dark, dim, or dismal
To obfuscate is to confuse someone, or to obscure the meaning of something.
(Linguistics) To reduce (a vowel) to the neutral sound represented by schwa (ə).
To cast beyond (the intended point) with a fishing rod.
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To make confusedly intricate; complicate:
To darken in a painting or drawing; shade in.
Tarnish is defined as to spoil or to discolor the surface of a piece of metal.
To give a tint to or take on a tint.
To color with or as with umber
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lighten (antonym)
To shine brightly; flash
brighten (antonym)
To make or become bright or brighter
whiten (antonym)
To make or become white or whiter, especially by bleaching.
illumine (antonym)
To give light to; illuminate.
illuminate (antonym)
To brighten; animate
To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow.
light (related)
To start to burn; be ignited or kindled:
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darkle
To appear dark or unclear
dark (related)
flicker (related)
blackness (related)
lit-up (related)
dimness (related)
fade (related)
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glisten (related)
twilit (related)
blood-red (related)
the-dark (related)
cloud up or over
To grow darker
benight
To overtake with night.
To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.
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To become altered or spoiled in color.
Find another word for darken. In this page you can discover 44 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for darken, like: become dark, cloud, shade, becloud, bedim, blacken, deepen, dim, eclipse, gloom and infuscate.
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