The sky suddenly began to darken.
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Darken
//ˈdɑɹkən//
Synonyms for "darken" (338 found)
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Closest matches (68)
Strong matches (101)
Related words (169)
flushfogglaregloamgloomglowgougegrow darkgrow dimhazehoodwinkinkknock downlook blacklourlowerlower the spiritsmake blindmantlemark
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melanizemistmurknigrifynubilateobfuscateobnubilateobscureobumbrateoccultoccultateopaqueoppressovercastovercloudovershadowoversmokepalepress downreddensaddenscorchsearshadeshadowsingesinkslubberslursmearsmirchsmogsmokesmudgesmutsmutchsnow-blindsoilsombersootstigmatizestrike blindtainttarnishturn colorturn paleturn redweigh heavy uponweigh uponwhiten
Verb(99 words)
fogfoilforfareforsetfoulget a sad onget downgive one's allgive up the ghostgloomgogo for a burtongo gentle into that good nightgo outgo over to the majoritygo the way of all fleshgo the way of the dinosaursgo the way of the dodogo the way of the dodo birdgo to glory
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go to one's rewardgo westgunkgunk uphand in one's checkshand in one's dinner pailhop the twiginblindinquinatejoin the choir invisiblekeel overkick offkick the bucketknock offlamentliquidatelose my life for jesus christlose one's lifelose the number of one's messmeet one's doommeet one's endmeet one's makermirkenmortifymournoppresspainpasspass awaypass in one's checkspass in one's marblepass onpass overpass the riverpay nature's debtpay the debt of naturepeg outperishpop offpop one's clogsregretremorsesaddensadden upscungeshuffle off this mortal coilsighsinksleep with one's fatherssling mudslip awayslotterslursmearsmirchsmudgesmutsmutchsnuff itsoilsorrowsosssowlspotstainsuccumbsullowsullytake a dirt naptarnishtristitiateturn up one's toesuggleungladdenunhappyupsetwaymentyearnyield up the ghost
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
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11 entriesderived from
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8 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 32 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- err verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- ngrys verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- ngrys verb (to become darker (less bright))
- ngrys verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀμαυρόομαι verb (to become darker (less bright))
- ἀμαυρόω verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Armenian
4 entries- մգանալ verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
- մգացնել verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
- մթնել verb (to become darker (less bright))
- մթնեցնել verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- qaralmaq verb (to become darker (less bright))
- qaraltmaq verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
- qaranlıqlaşdırmaq verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- toralmaq verb (to become darker (less bright))
Basque
2 entries- goibeldu verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- goibeldu verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
Bulgarian
3 entries- затъмнявам verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- потъмнявам verb (to become darker (less bright))
- потъмнявам verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
Chinese
1 entries- 变暗 verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Danish
1 entries- formørke verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Dutch
4 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)
- donkerder worden verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
Esperanto
2 entries- malheliĝi verb (to become darker (less bright))
- mallumiĝi verb (to become darker (less bright))
Finnish
4 entries- pimentyä verb (to become darker (less bright))
- pimentää verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- tummentaa verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
- tummentua verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
French
4 entries- assombrir verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- assombrir verb (to become darker (less bright))
- foncer verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
- foncer verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
Galician
4 entries- abazanar verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- abazanar verb (to become darker (less bright))
- abazanar verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
- abazanar verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
German
2 entries- verdunkeln verb (to become darker (less bright))
- verdunkeln verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to become darker (less bright))
Icelandic
2 entries- dekkja verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
- dökkna verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
Italian
4 entries- imbrunire verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- imbrunire verb (to become darker (less bright))
- imbrunire verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
- imbrunire verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
Korean
1 entries- 어둡게 하다 verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Kven
1 entries- pimmenttäät verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Latin
1 entries- nigresco verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
Māori
3 entries- whakapō verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- whakauriuri verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- whakauriuri verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
Norwegian
1 entries- formørke verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- formørke verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Old English
1 entries- nīpan verb (to become darker (less bright))
Polish
3 entries- ciemnieć verb (to become darker (less bright))
- zaciemniać verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- ściemnieć verb (to become darker (less bright))
Quechua
1 entries- arphayay verb (to become darker (less bright))
Romagnol
4 entries- imbrunìr verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- imbrunìr verb (to become darker (less bright))
- imbrunìr verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
- imbrunìr verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
Romanian
1 entries- întuneca verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Russian
4 entries- затемнять verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- затемнять verb (to make dark(er) in colour)
- темне́ть verb (to become darker (less bright))
- темне́ть verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
Spanish
3 entries- infuscar verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- obscurecer verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- oscurecer verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Swedish
3 entries- förmörka verb (to make dark by reducing light)
- mörkna verb (to become darker (less bright))
- mörkna verb (to become dark(er) in colour)
Western Apache
1 entries- chaanaguayea galea verb (to make dark by reducing light)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
Don't you ever darken my door again!
Source: tatoeba (280970)
You should darken the colours a little.
Source: tatoeba (3270994)
The jealousy is starting to darken Tom's mind.
Source: tatoeba (3505479)
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