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Darkening

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Noun

1. blackening, darkening

changing to a darker color

Adjective

2. darkening

becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over

Example Sentences:
'the darkening sky'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Darkening

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verb
1. 
to make or become dark or darker
2. 
to make or become gloomy, angry, or sad
his mood darkened
3.  darken someone's door

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Darkening

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verb intransitive
1. 
to become dark or darker
verb transitive
2. 
to make dark or darker
3. 
to make blind

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Darkening

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v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens
v.tr.
1.
a. To make dark or darker.
b. To give a darker hue to.
2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy.
3. To render vague or uncertain; obscure: The sudden drop in stock prices darkened the future for investors.
4. To tarnish or stain: a scandal that darkened the family's good name.
v.intr.
To become dark or darker.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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