darkened

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darkened

/ˈdɑɹkənd/ US
/ˈdɑːkənd/ UK

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of darken

adjective

not comparable Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.
not comparable Having 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.
Similar: embrowned

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dark, old, dusky, overshadowed, darkness, bleak, sombre, gloomy, blighted, grim, clouded, touched, hit, obscured, dimmed, shadowed

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@misc{darkened_2026,
  title = {darkened},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/darkened},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}