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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"

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darkened

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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

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

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

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for darkened
  1. dark
  2. obscured
  3. marred
  4. murky
  5. black
  6. tainted
  7. clouded
  8. poisoned
Adjective
  • Black eyes, dark hair, Han is blocking the exit, standing with his hands on his hips, like a big fat X.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Sean getting beaten up at the end of the last episode was a dark moment, but Shrinking never lets a story stay serious for very long.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of dark
Verb
  • Certainly, many a prejudiced lender can hide behind this data black hole, but some more positive trends are also obscured.
    Michael del Castillo, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Only from inside that path is the sun entirely obscured by the moon's shadow for a few minutes.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of obscured
Verb
  • His clean image was marred by scandal in the late 1980s when Garvey divorced his wife, got two other women pregnant, then married a fourth woman, his current wife.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • His victory was celebrated not only as a win for the democratic process in a region marred by a series of recent military coups, but also as the ushering-in of a new and younger political generation in Senegal, where the median age is just 19.
    Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of marred
Adjective
  • But the origins of proto-cuneiform’s emergence have been murky, and many of its symbols remain undeciphered.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Three weeks before the general election, the political climate is murky and filled with more and more inflammatory rhetoric.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of murky
Adjective
  • The black line on the map above indicates the approximate fire perimeter.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Power for my 75-pound black and yellow CycUltra review bike comes from a stout and removable in-frame 48 Volt 15 Amp-hour battery that takes about 5 hours to charge from flat and will power the CycUltra for 30 to 50 miles according to CyCrown.
    William Roberson, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of black
Verb
  • At the beginning of the season, Elrond felt that the rings given the elves are tainted.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
  • As such, the prospect of a merger is no longer tainted by the sort of antitrust concerns that derailed the first attempt 22 years ago.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of tainted
Verb
  • Other recent death penalty cases clouded by doubts Similar situations unfolded in two other capital punishment cases in the last three weeks alone, with one ending in an execution despite uncertainty about the inmate's innocence and public calls from authorities to review his case.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The news of Payne’s death is also clouded by recent allegations made by the singer’s ex-fiance Maya Henry.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of clouded
Verb
  • Mossad agents using fake Canadian passports poisoned Mashaal outside of Hamas' office in the capital Amman by holding a device to his ear.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Predators, like foxes, bald eagles and coyotes, can be poisoned from eating that mouse or rat, Vermiglio-Kaplanek said.
    Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of poisoned
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