darkened 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of darkenednext
as in dark
being without light or without much light wanting to surprise her, we waited in the darkened room for her to get home before calling out "happy birthday"

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

darkened

2 of 2

verb

past tense of darken
1
as in frowned
to take on a gloomy or forbidding look his face slowly darkened as we told him the sad news

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in faded
to grow dark the sky darkened as a storm moved in

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
3
as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct years of accumulated grime have darkened the painting until it can barely be seen

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
4
as in marred
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable the scandal darkened his otherwise sterling reputation

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for darkened
  1. dark
  2. obscured
  3. marred
  4. murky
  5. black
  6. tainted
  7. clouded
  8. poisoned
Adjective
  • Schaeffer, 22, was seen leaving her home on May 23, 2022, with her black-and-white cat, Izzy, and getting into a dark gray BMW that had been parked across the street for six hours, according to security video.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
  • TikTok's attorney suggested the app would basically go dark.
    WIRED, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of dark
Verb
  • Upload another holiday album full of pictures where her left hand is hidden or obscured.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But it has been largely obscured by the perpetual closeness of statewide elections here, and the fact that Democrats have been winning them more often than losing them.
    Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscured
Verb
  • The couple welcomed two children, True, 6, and Tatum, 2, but their romance was marred by Thompson's multiple cheating scandals.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But others argue these budget controls are ensuring Connecticut won’t return to the 2010s, a decade marred by frequent annual deficits and some of the largest tax hikes in state history.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of marred
Adjective
  • As with most origin stories of football clubs that are a century and a half old, the truth of how Nottingham Forest came into being is slightly murky.
    Nick Miller, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This six-episode Netflix series is taking on the murky world of health influencer culture—and what happened when a certain real-life influencer’s brand was built on a lie.
    Charley Ross, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of murky
Adjective
  • The storage options with 256GB and 512GB are also back, in black, for 1,059€, saving 190€, and 1,269€, saving 230€, respectively.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Proenza Schouler black mesh bag; proenza​schouler​.com.
    Daniel Arnold, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of black
Verb
  • Amazon objected to the 2022 warehouse election results, alleging the Amazon Labor Union and the federal labor board had tainted the vote.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Some see all Russians and their cultural heritage as irredeemably tainted by imperial thinking, a view heavily influenced by post-colonial studies in American academia.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of tainted
Verb
  • The initial impression of prestige clouded critical considerations like fit, costs and expertise needed to address your challenges.
    Shanna Apitz, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • From my own personal trauma and experiences hearing false accusations about him all the time clouded my judgement and got the best of me.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of clouded
Verb
  • Drugs, success, and conflicting personalities had poisoned members’ relationships.
    Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In times of crisis, these individuals may be offered or pushed into leadership positions that are precarious, at best, and poisoned, at worst.
    Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of poisoned
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Thesaurus Entries Near darkened

darken

darkened

darkening

See More Nearby Entries 

Cite this Entry

“Darkened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darkened. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

Copy Citation

Share

More from Merriam-Webster on darkened

Nglish: Translation of darkened for Spanish Speakers

Britannica English: Translation of darkened for Arabic Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See All

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

Using Bullet Points ( • )

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

More Commonly Misspelled Words
See All

Popular in Wordplay

See All

Top 12 Sophisticated Compliments

Word of the Year 2024 | Polarization

Terroir, Oenophile, & Magnum: Ten Words About Wine

8 Words for Lesser-Known Musical Instruments

10 Words from Taylor Swift Songs (Merriam's Version)
See All

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Word Game Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
white rubber duck stands out in a row of yellow ducks
Odd Word Out: Synonyms Quiz Figure out which word isn't like the others.