darkened
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3.4
- adjective
- /ˈdɑrkənd/
- After the storm, the sky remained darkened with thick clouds.
- a darkened room
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Watch on YouTubeI was huddled in a darkened lab with a group of fellow students.
- I was huddled in a darkened lab with a group of fellow students.
- Depending on how many people are around these days, I drive home in the darkened evening to a quiet house.
- Lyra and her diamond move through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.
- He says if you acquiesce in them, if you're going to give into these, then the Sun of Righteousness may, on account of your anger, will go down on your darkened minds.
Examples
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The first week explorers fought it an eerie place, its banks darkened by tangled woods, its water mantled with poisonous fog.
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I, I mean, look to me going in a darkened theater with a bunch of strangers and the lights go down and you go on this journey.
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Depending on how many people are around these days, I drive home in the darkened evening to a quiet house.
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CUT TO: LISA AND JOE'S DARKENED BEDROOM, WHERE THEY LIE IN BED, almost completely obscured by shadow (INT./NIGHT)...
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The room was darkened by heavy curtains that blocked out the sunlight.
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We entered the darkened hallway and switched on our flashlights to see.
Synonyms
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1.0
Very dark in color like coal or the night
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1.0
With little or no light and not bright
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4.9
A place that is dark and hard to see because of low light or fog
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3.4
Completely dark with no light
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3.3
A place that is partly dark because of shade
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2.3
Dark and not well lit so a place feels sad
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3.4
Made dark by smoke, fire, or heat
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1.6
Partly protected from direct sunlight by a shadow
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3.5
Darker because something blocks the light
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3.2
Completely dark with no light at all
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4.7
Dim light like the sky just after the sun goes down
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3.4
There is no light at all, like a room with no windows
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2.5
Less bright when someone turns the light down
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5.1
Completely dark so you cannot see anything
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4.2
Dark and dull in color, not bright
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2.0
A little less light in color than usual
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6.3
A street or area that is dark because no lamps are on
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5.3
Not having enough light so things look dark
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5.1
Partly dark with only a little light
Dark and sad in a way that makes you feel unhappy
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Etymology
Darkened comes from dark plus the ending -en ('to make') and -ed ('made'), so it literally means 'made dark'. That's why a darkened room or theatre has had its light lowered or taken away, making it hard to see.