Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to darken
Participle: darkened
Gerund: darkening
Indicative
Present
| I | darken |
| you | darken |
| he;she;it | darkens |
| we | darken |
| you | darken |
| they | darken |
Perfect
| I | have darkened |
| you | have darkened |
| he;she;it | has darkened |
| we | have darkened |
| you | have darkened |
| they | have darkened |
Past
| I | darkened |
| you | darkened |
| he;she;it | darkened |
| we | darkened |
| you | darkened |
| they | darkened |
Pluperfect
| I | had darkened |
| you | had darkened |
| he;she;it | had darkened |
| we | had darkened |
| you | had darkened |
| they | had darkened |
Future
| I | will darken |
| you | will darken |
| he;she;it | will darken |
| we | will darken |
| you | will darken |
| they | will darken |
Future Perfect
| I | will have darkened |
| you | will have darkened |
| he;she;it | will have darkened |
| we | will have darkened |
| you | will have darkened |
| they | will have darkened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | darken |
| you | darken |
| he;she;it | darken |
| we | darken |
| you | darken |
| they | darken |
Perfect
| I | have darkened |
| you | have darkened |
| he;she;it | have darkened |
| we | have darkened |
| you | have darkened |
| they | have darkened |
Imperfect
| I | darkened |
| you | darkened |
| he;she;it | darkened |
| we | darkened |
| you | darkened |
| they | darkened |
Pluperfect
| I | had darkened |
| you | had darkened |
| he;she;it | had darkened |
| we | had darkened |
| you | had darkened |
| they | had darkened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would darken |
| you | would darken |
| he;she;it | would darken |
| we | would darken |
| you | would darken |
| they | would darken |
Perfect
| I | would have darkened |
| you | would have darkened |
| he;she;it | would have darkened |
| we | would have darkened |
| you | would have darkened |
| they | would have darkened |
Imperative
| you | darken |
| we | Let's darken |
| you | darken |
Verbs conjugated like 'darken'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'darken'
barken,
danken,
harken,
aken,
bedarken,
birken,
careen,
daften,
daiker,
dampen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make physically dirty
- assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befile, befoul, begrime, beray, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, contaminate, denigrate, dirty, drag through the mud, dull, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, pollute, sling mud, slotter, slur, smutch, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, taint, tarnish, uggle
Antonyms
- to emit light
- adumbrate, obscure, overshadow, shade, shadow, shine
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English derkenen, dirkenen, from Old English *deorcnian, *diercnian (“to darken”), from Proto-West Germanic *dirkinōn (“to darken”), equivalent to dark + -en.
2. Cognate with Scots derken, durken (“to darken”), Old High German tarchanjan, terchinen (“to darken”), Middle High German terken, derken (“to darken”). See: Old High German 'tarchanjan', Middle High German '
terken'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] contents were discharged. But though sight and hearing were gone for ever, the poor child 's sufferings were not ended. The fever raged during seven weeks; for five months she was kept in bed in a darkened room; it was a year before she could walk unsupported, and two years before she could sit up all day. It was now observed that her sense of smell was almost entirely destroyed; and, consequently, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] train of thought, or some gloomy hallucination. What monstrous phantoms, bred of despondency and doubt, and born and reared in solitude, have stalked upon the earth, making creation ugly, and darkening the face of Heaven !
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] too; and all the glowing colours of departing day paled, inch by inch, before the sombre night; the scene became a thousand times more lonesome and more dreary than before, and all its influences darkened with the sky.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ I will attack no man, ” said George. “ All I ask of this country is to be let alone, and I will go out peaceably; but,”—he paused, and his brow darkened and his face worked,—“I 've had a sister sold in that New Orleans market. I know what they are sold for; and am I going to stand by and see them take my wife and sell her, when God has given me a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Henrique had a boy's pride in his new possession; and, as he advanced and took the reins out of the hands of his little groom, he looked carefully over him, and his brow darkened.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The statuettes and pictures in Eva's room were shrouded in white napkins, and only hushed breathings and muffled footfalls were heard there, and the light stole in solemnly through windows partially darkened by closed blinds.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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And then all were gone, and the mourners went back to the place which should know her no more; and Marie's room was darkened, and she lay on the bed, sobbing and moaning in uncontrollable grief, and calling every moment for the attentions of all her servants. Of course, they had no time to cry,—why should they ? the grief [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)