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darken Definition

darken (där′kən)

intransitive verb

to become dark or darker

transitive verb

  1. to make dark or darker
  2. to make blind

Related Forms:

darken Idioms

not darken someone's door

not come to someone's home
darken Synonyms

darken

v.

  1. To grow darker

    cloud up or over, deepen, become dark, dim; see shade 3.

  2. To make darker

    cloud, shadow, blacken, eclipse; see shade 2.

darken Usage Examples

Object

  • sky: Quite heavily bombed, a great cloud of heavy black smoke went up & darkened the sky.
  • auditorium: I look up into a sea of faces in the darkened auditorium.
  • room: Like a candle offering light in darkened room, the light of God's presence is the hope.
  • doorway: He smiled, pulling Anya into a darkened shop doorway.
  • corridor: She loses her way in the darkened corridors of the spooky movie theater.
  • shadow: Slowly the shadows darkened over the long, somber face of the old house.

Subject

  • shadow: It is particularly useful when the subject in your photo is darkened by shadow.

Modifying Another Word

  • gradually: It darkened gradually toward the base from gray to almost black.
  • considerably: Over a period of years the fur of these imported animals darkened considerably, becoming like that of the other lions at the zoo.
  • forever: And ask google home jeeves page the mind darkened forever... .
  • slightly: The main logo has been darkened slightly to give it a more serious look.
  • slowly: Then he stood still patiently waiting with his back to the door and looked out on the slowly darkening landscape.
  • suddenly: There were gasps as one of the seeds suddenly darkened and burst open.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: The next three images show the gradual darkening up to May 19th i.e. over a 7-day period.

Used with why or when

  • when: Also all the cups in the hole should be BRIGHT white but darken slightly when playing a round at night.

Present participle complement

  • weld: Here is auto darkening welding helmets a listing of telecom events for the month of October.

Preposition: in

  • color: Boil rapidly until it darkens slightly in color and reaches setting point.

Preposition: of

  • skin: Skin changes: about a quarter of patients will have darkening of the skin.

Preposition: with

  • age: In time the plant can cover quite a large area with its light green fronds, which darken with age.

Preposition: by

  • shadow: It is particularly useful when the subject in your photo is darkened by shadow.
darken Quotes

And the days darken round me, and the years, Among new men, strange faces, other minds.

—Tennyson