Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of darken
- not comparableMade dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.
- not comparableHaving an absence of light, such as at night-time.
Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42Synonyms: embrowned
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving an absence of light, such as at night-time.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time
adjectivebecome or made dark by lack of light
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto mallumigita
- mallumigitamade dark by the exclusion of light
Latin contenebratus, opācus
- contenebratusmade dark by the exclusion of light
- opācusmade dark by the exclusion of light
Cite this entry
darkened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darkened
“darkened.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darkened. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “darkened,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darkened.
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