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How to pronounce darken in English?

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Type Words
Type of change
Has types overcloud, black out, cloud up, dusk, blacken out, cloud over
Derivation darkening


The sky darkened.
Type Words
Type of modify, change, alter
Has types dim, bedim, benight, blind, cloud, dun, embrown, murk, overcast, shade, shade off, shadow
Derivation darkening


darken a room.
Type Words
Type of maculate, sully, tarnish, defile, stain


a scandal that darkened the family's good name.

Examples of darken

darken
Hope he ends up at Souths Logan and doesn't darken the door at Raiders HQ again.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Now comes reality on to the stage to darken the dreams of would be peace makers.
From the washingtontimes.com
Outfit windows with shades that can easily be closed to further darken the room.
From the timesunion.com
Around 2009 the edges of the picture start to darken, particularly for Tamerlan.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Chirac may darken Balladur's image by harping on his forsaken promise not to run.
From the time.com
Bring the honey to a boil and cook just until it begins to darken and caramelize.
From the latimes.com
Seen from the air, these schools of fish are so massive that they darken the sea.
From the sacbee.com
Broil 4 to 5 minutes, or until sugar and juice boil and sugar starts to darken.
From the ocregister.com
Instead, lighten and darken color with another that's near it on the color wheel.
From the sfgate.com
More examples
  • Become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"
  • Tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
  • (darkened) (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time; "the darkened margins of the paper"
  • (darkening) blackening: changing to a darker color
  • Darken is a webcomic set in a Dungeons & Dragons-style fantasy world, featuring a cast of morally ambiguous or outright evil characters led by Gort, a vicious dark knight. It is based on a story by Mike Foulks.
  • (Darkening (ophthalmology)) Amaurosis (Greek meaning darkening, dark, or obscure) is vision loss or weakness that occurs without an apparent lesion affecting the eye. It may result from either a medical condition or from excess acceleration, as in flight. ...
  • (Darkening) When book covers are exposed to light, the colour darkens or becomes more intense. See also Fading.
  • Changes the effect of the foreground and background color properties of a sprite to create dramatic color effects that generally darken and tint a sprite. Darken ink makes the background color equivalent to a color filter through which the sprite is viewed on the Stage. ...