Darkening
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of something becoming darker. countable, uncountable
"At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast."
- 2 changing to a darker color wordnet
- 1 present participle and gerund of darken form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over wordnet
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More examples"“This, then,” he said, “is the ancient Castle of Wolf's Crag, often mentioned in the Scottish records,” looking to the old tower, then darkening under the influence of a stormy cloud, that formed its background."
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