darkening
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈdɑrkənɪŋ/
- The darkening of the sky signaled that a storm was approaching.
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Watch on YouTubeBecause wrath that is nursed in the heart is causing darkening or darkness in our minds.
- Because wrath that is nursed in the heart is causing darkening or darkness in our minds.
- The circuits for detecting darkening are much more robust and much more numerous than are the circuits for brightness.
Examples
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A heron squawks, a frog bewhomps, and fireflies light up beneath darkening sycamores.
Fiction book (1996) -
The streets outside began to hiss with rain, lightning flashed in the darkening rooms, and thunder rattled the windowpanes.
Fiction book (2000) -
But what she saw directly across the darkening street from where she stood made her next move clear.
Fiction book (1992) -
My arms loaded with wood, I pause to look out over the darkening lake.
Academic text (1990) -
The moon seemed to be sitting directly upon it, in the darkening, bleeding twilight.
Fiction book (1993) -
Alden had sat in the darkening alley for a time, waiting for them to come out.
Fiction book (1992) -
The hints of the darkening hour descend in the kitchen, focusing her, calming her.
Fiction book (2001) -
Ike sensed a sudden darkening and figured that the cauliflower clouds had thickened to cover the sun.
Fiction book (2001) -
Jax wheeled Mistrider around and took off, disappearing into the mist and the darkening night.
Fiction book (1999) -
The lone sailboat bounced across the choppy water, racing for the darkening, pine-covered shore more than a mile away.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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4.4
A change in color that makes something look faded or stained
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1.0
A deep, strong color often used in cloth or paint
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4.4
A change that makes metal, food or walls turn black
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3.7
A process in which something becomes a different color
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7.2
A low level of light, like at sunset
A change that makes something dark in color
Darkening of skin or an insect shell when it gets more pigment
Antonyms
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Darkening comes from the simple word dark meaning 'not light' plus the ending -en meaning 'make' and -ing meaning 'process', so it names the process or result of becoming darker or less bright.