darkened

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑɹkənd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːkənd/
• Hyphenation: dark‧ened

Verb

darkened

1. simple past and past participle of darken

Adjective

darkened (not comparable)

1. Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.
2. Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.

   Synonym: (chiefly literary and poetic) embrowned

   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:

     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.

Derived terms

• gravity-darkened
• limb-darkened

 

Translations

made dark by the exclusion of light

• Latin: contenebratus, opācus

having an absence of light

References

• “darkened”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• de-ranked, deranked, endarked