Darken

Verb

 * 1)  To make dark or darker by reducing light.
 * 2)  To become dark or darker (having less light).
 * 3)  To make dark or darker in colour.
 * 4)  To become dark or darker in colour.
 * 5)  To render gloomy, dark(er) of mood
 * 6)  To become gloomy, dark of mood
 * 7)  To blind, impair eyesight
 * 8)  To be blinded, loose clear vision

Derived terms

 * darkener

Synonyms

 * blacken

Adverbs for Darken
obscurely; opaquely; murkily; partially; gloomily; unaccountably; perceptibly; inauspiciously; nocturnally; totally; utterly; unnaturally; bewilderingly; increasingly; bafflingly; prematurely;  comparatively; mysteriously; generally; devouringly; fatefully; mercifully.

Thesaurus
attaint, bandage, beat down, becloud, bedarken, bedaub, bedazzle, bedim, befog, begloom, bemist, benight, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bestain, black, black out, blacken, blackwash, blanch, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, block the light, blot, blot out, blotch, blur, blush, brand, brown, cast a shadow, cast down, change color, charcoal, clabber up, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, color, cork, crimson, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken over, darkle, dash, daub, daze, dazzle, deject, denigrate, depress, deprive of sight, dim, dim out, dinge, dirty, discolor, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, dusk, ebonize, eclipse, encloud, encompass with shadow, enmist, excecate, flush, fog, glare, gloam, gloom, glow, gouge, grow dark, grow dim, haze, hoodwink, ink, knock down, look black, lower, lower the spirits, make blind, mantle, mark, melanize, mist, murk, nigrify, nubilate, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscure, obumbrate, occult, occultate, opaque, oppress, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, oversmoke, pale, press down, redden, sadden, scorch, sear, shade, shadow, singe, sink, slubber, slur, smear, smirch, smog, smoke, smudge, smut, smutch, snow-blind, soil, somber, soot, strike blind, taint, tarnish, turn color, turn pale, turn red, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, whiten