 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Darken \Dark"en\ (d[aum]rk"'n), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Darkened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darkening} (-n*[i^]ng).] [AS. deorcian. See {Dark}, adjective]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Darken \Dark"en\, verb (used without an object) To grow or darker.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
darken
verb
1: become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" [ant: {brighten}]
2: become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown" [syn: {dim}] [ant: {brighten}]
3: tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
4: make dark or darker; "darken a room" [ant: {brighten}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
139 Moby Thesaurus words for "darken": attaint, bandage, beat down, becloud, bedarken, bedaub, bedazzle, bedim, befog, begloom, bemist, benight, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bestain, black, black out, blacken, blackwash, blanch, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, block the light, blot, blot out, blotch, blur, blush, brand, brown, cast a shadow, cast down, change color, charcoal, clabber up, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, color, cork, crimson, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken over, darkle, dash, daub, daze, dazzle, deject, denigrate, depress, deprive of sight, dim, dim out, dinge, dirty, discolor, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, dusk, ebonize, eclipse, encloud, encompass with shadow, enmist, excecate, flush, fog, glare, gloam, gloom, glow, gouge, grow dark, grow dim, haze, hoodwink, ink, knock down, look black, lower, lower the spirits, make blind, mantle, mark, melanize, mist, murk, nigrify, nubilate, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, obumbrate, occult, occultate, opaque, oppress, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, oversmoke, pale, press down, redden, sadden, scorch, sear, shade, shadow, singe, sink, slubber, slur, smear, smirch, smog, smoke, smudge, smut, smutch, snow-blind, soil, somber, soot, strike blind, taint, tarnish, turn color, turn pale, turn red, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, whiten
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |