Dictionary Entry
darken
darken is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
- 2adjective
To render dim; to deprive of vision.
- 3adjective
To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
- 4adjective
To cast a gloom upon.
- 5adjective
To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
- 6intransitive verb
To grow or darker.
- 7verb
make dark or darker
"darken a room"
- 8verb
become dark or darker
"The sky darkened"
- 9verb
tarnish or stain
"a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
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