darkenverb [ I ]
uk/ˈdɑː.kən/us/ˈdɑːr.kən/to become dark:
The sky darkened as thick smoke billowed from the blazing oil well.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Darkness & becoming dark
- black
- black sth out
- blackness
- blackout
- dark
- deepen
- dingy
- draw
- draw in
- dull
- half-light
- inky
- moonless
- pitch-dark
- shade
- shadowy
- shady
- silhouette
- Stygian
- the gloaming
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darkened
adjective uk/ˈdɑː.kənd/us/ˈdɑːr.kənd/
We crept slowly along the darkened (= without light) corridor.
Idiom(s)
not darken sb's door