Definitions for: Darken

[v] make dark or darker; "darken a room"
[v] become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"
[v] tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
[v] become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth,
so that the land was darkened. --Ex. x. 15.

So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To
darken all the hill. --Milton.

2. To render dim; to deprive of vision.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see.
--Rom. xi. 10.

3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or
intelligible.

Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom
darkenhis foresight. --Bacon.

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without
knowledge? --Job.
xxxviii. 2.

4. To cast a gloom upon.

With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not
The mirth of the feast. --Shak.

5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.

I must not think there are Evils enough to darken
all his goodness. --Shak.

Dark"en, v. i.
To grow or darker.

Synonyms: dim

Antonyms: brighten, brighten, lighten, lighten up

See Also: alter, bedim, benight, black out, blacken out, blind, change, change intensity, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, darken, defile, dim, dun, embrown, maculate, murk, obscure, overcast, overcloud, sully, tarnish

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