darken

dark·en  (därkn)

v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens

v.tr.

1.

a. To make dark or darker.

b. To give a darker hue to.

2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy.

3. To render vague or uncertain; obscure: The sudden drop in stock prices darkened the future for investors.

4. To tarnish or stain: a scandal that darkened the family's good name.

v.intr.

To become dark or darker.

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darken·er n.

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darken

Verb

1. to make or become dark or darker

2. to make gloomy, angry, or sad

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	darken - become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" dusk - become dusk blacken out, black out - darken completely; "The dining room blackened out" cloud over, cloud up, overcloud - become covered with clouds; "The sky clouded over" lighten up, lighten - become lighter; "The room lightened up"
	2.	darken - tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name" maculate, tarnish, defile, sully, stain - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
	3.	darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" embrown - cause to darken murk - make dark, dim, or gloomy dun - make a dun color blind, dim - make dim by comparison or conceal dim - make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver" bedim, benight - make darker and difficult to perceive by sight shade, shade off, shadow - cast a shadow over cloud, overcast - make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches" brighten, lighten up, lighten - make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"

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darken

verb 1. cloud, shadow, shade, obscure, eclipse, dim, deepen, overshadow, blacken, becloud << OPPOSITE brighten

2. make dark, shade, blacken, make darker, deepen

verb 3. become gloomy, blacken, become angry, look black, go crook Austral., N.Z. (slang) grow troubled << OPPOSITE become cheerful

4. sadden, upset, cloud, blacken, cast a pall over, cast a gloom upon

Translations

darken [ˈdɑːkn] vt → oscurecer [+ colour]; hacer más oscuro

vi → oscurecerse (= cloud over); nublarse

darken [dɑːkn] dark vt → obscurcir, assombrir

vi → s'obscurcir, s'assombrir

darken [dɑːkn] dark vt → dunkel machen

vi → sich verdunkeln

darken [ˈdɑːkən] vt [+ room] → oscurare [+ photo, painting]; far scuro/a

vi → oscurarsi; imbrunirsi