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Adjective: darkened  daa(r)-kund
  1. (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in colour over time
    "the darkened margins of the paper"
     
  2. Become or made dark by lack of light
    "a darkened house"; "the darkened theatre"
Verb: darken  daa(r)-kun
  1. Become dark or darker
    "The sky darkened"
     
  2. Tarnish or stain
    "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
     
  3. Make dark or darker
    "darken a room"

See also: dark, old

Type of: alter, change, defile, maculate [literary], modify, soil, stain, sully, tarnish

Antonym: lighten

Encyclopedia: Darken, Eric