Darken Definition

därkən

darkened, darkening, darkens

verb

darkened, darkening, darkens

To make dark or darker.

Webster's New World

To give a darker hue to.

American Heritage

To make blind.

Webster's New World

To become dark or darker.

Webster's New World

To render vague or uncertain; obscure.

The sudden drop in stock prices darkened the future for investors.

American Heritage

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idiom

not darken someone's door

Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Darken

From Middle English derkenen, dirkenen, from Old English *deorcnian, *diercnian (“to darken”), equivalent to dark +‎ -en. Cognate with Scots derken, durken (“to darken”), Old High German tarchanjan, terchinen (“to darken”), Middle High German terken, derken (“to darken”).

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