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Adjective darkening has 2 senses
- darkening - becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over; "the darkening sky"
Antonym: light (indirect, via dark)
- gloomy, grim, darkening - characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"
Antonym: hopeful (indirect, via hopeless)
Noun darkening has 1 sense
- blackening, darkening - changing to a darker color
--1 is a kind of change of color
--1 has particulars: obfuscation
Verb darken has 4 senses
- darken - become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"
--1 is one way to change
Antonyms: brighten, lighten
Sample sentence:
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- darken, dim - become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"
--2 is one way to change intensity
Antonyms: brighten
Sample sentences:
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- darken - tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
--3 is one way to tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
Sample sentence:
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- darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room"
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: brighten, lighten up, lighten
Sample sentences:
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