Darken

/ˈdɑɹkən/

Synonyms for "darken" (205 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Adjective(1 words)
benighted

Strong matches (62)

blotchblurblushbrandbrowncast a shadowcast downchange colorcharcoalclabber upcloudcloud overcloud upcolorcorkcrimsondampdampendampen the spiritsdarken over
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darkledashdaubdazedazzledejectdenigratedepressdeprive of sightdimdim outdingedirtydiscolordiscouragedisheartendispiritdullduskebonizeeclipseencloudencompass with shadow
Adjective(1 words)
brown color
Verb(9 words)
brownedcloudcloudeddarkeneddecrease brightnessdiedimdimmedembrown

Related words (102)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

11 entries
alterbrightness changechangedefileimage adjustmentinformation modificationmaculatemodifystainsullytarnish

More specific

9 entries
blackenconcealcontrast adjustmentdimgamma correctionmaskobscureshadeshadow

Collocations

6 entries

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Translations

50 translations across 22 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • ngrys verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • ngrys verb (to make dark(er) in colour)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀμαυρόομαι verb (to become darker (less bright))

Armenian

2 entries
  • մգացնել verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
  • մթնել verb (to become darker (less bright))

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • qaralmaq verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • qaraltmaq verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
  • toralmaq verb (to become darker (less bright))

Basque

1 entries
  • goibeldu verb (to make dark(er) in colour)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • потъмнявам verb (to become darker (less bright))

Dutch

3 entries
  • donker worden verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • donkerder kleuren verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
  • donkerder maken verb (to make dark(er) in colour)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • malheliĝi verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • mallumiĝi verb (to become darker (less bright))

Finnish

2 entries
  • pimentyä verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • tummentaa verb (to make dark(er) in colour)

French

3 entries
  • assombrir verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • foncer verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
  • obscurcir verb (to become darker (less bright))

Galician

4 entries
  • abazanar verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • abazanar verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
  • amourear verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • amourear verb (to make dark(er) in colour)

German

1 entries
  • verdunkeln verb (to become darker (less bright))

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to become darker (less bright))

Icelandic

1 entries
  • dekkja verb (to make dark(er) in colour)

Italian

2 entries
  • imbrunire verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • imbrunire verb (to make dark(er) in colour)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakauriuri verb (to make dark(er) in colour)

Old English

1 entries
  • nīpan verb (to become darker (less bright))

Polish

2 entries
  • ciemnieć verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • ściemnieć verb (to become darker (less bright))

Quechua

1 entries
  • arphayay verb (to become darker (less bright))

Romagnol

2 entries
  • imbrunìr verb (to become darker (less bright))
  • imbrunìr verb (to make dark(er) in colour)

Russian

2 entries
  • затемнять verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
  • темне́ть verb (to become darker (less bright))

Swedish

1 entries
  • mörkna verb (to become darker (less bright))

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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The sky suddenly began to darken.

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Don't you ever darken my door again!

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You should darken the colours a little.

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The jealousy is starting to darken Tom's mind.

Source: tatoeba (3505479)

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