darkener \ ˈdär-kə-nər \ noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
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Recent Examples on the Web
//Or pack slices in sugar, treating with an anti-darkening agent first.
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, "Massively popular peach truck coming back to metro Detroit: Where to find it," 18 July 2019
//The breeze picks up and sky darkens making the tree canopy overhead and surrounding forest look rather foreboding.
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Sarah Sekula, USA TODAY, "Clear kayak tours and otter-spotting in Florida offer an antidote to amusement parks," 9 July 2019
//In a more recent example, the show infamously tapped Fred Armisen — who is of Venezuelan, German and Korean descent — to play President Barack Obama, darkening the comedian’s skin for the role.
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Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, "‘This means war’: Comedians criticize SNL for firing Shane Gillis over racist language," 17 Sep. 2019
//With lightning in the area and the skies darkening officials elected to pull the teams off the field following an incomplete pass by Midview on its first play from scrimmage.
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cleveland.com, "Midview-Amherst football game suspended until Saturday by storms, game scoreless early in first quarter," 13 Sep. 2019
//Pessimistic in July: Manufacturers saw industry contracting and economic outlook darkeningExpectations for the future now appear to be improving.
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Erin Douglas, Houston Chronicle, "Houston manufacturing executives feeling more optimistic," 11 Sep. 2019
//Vescovo settled in as the ocean outside darkened through every shade of blue.
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The Economist, "The last of the great explorers," 6 Sep. 2019
//Earlier in the month, the smoke drifted and darkened the afternoon sky in Latin America’s largest city, São Paulo, 1,800 miles to the southeast.
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Matt Sandy, Time, "Bearing Witness as Brazil's Amazon Burns," 1 Sep. 2019
//The way the ice is vibrating off the side of the rocket, the logo is exposed in the sunlight, and the exposure is darkened to show detail in the exhaust blows my mind.
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Trevor Mahlmann, Ars Technica, "Behind the scenes at Earth’s most beautiful rocket launch site," 25 Aug. 2019
First Known Use of darken
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
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More Synonyms and Antonyms ofdarken
1
to take on a gloomy or forbidding look
- his face slowly darkened as we told him the sad news
2
to grow dark
- the sky darkened as a storm moved in
3
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
- years of accumulated grime have darkened the painting until it can barely be seen
- becloud,
- bedim,
- befog,
- blacken,
- blear,
- blur,
- cloud,
- dim,
- dislimn,
- fog,
- fuzz (up),
- haze,
- mist,
- obscure,
- overcast,
- overcloud,
- overshadow,
- shadow,
- shroud
4
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
- the scandal darkened his otherwise sterling reputation
- begrime,
- besmear,
- besmirch,
- blacken,
- blur,
- cloud,
- dirty,
- discolor,
- pollute,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- soil,
- sully,
- tar
- abase,
- cheapen,
- debase,
- degrade,
- demean,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- dishonor,
- foul,
- lower,
- shame,
- sink
More Definitions fordarken
: to make (something) dark or to become dark or darker in color
: to make (something) less happy or to become less happy
1 : to make or grow dark or darker
//… in three months the long Arctic night that lasted for sixty-six days would darken the top of the world.— Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves
2 : to make or become gloomy
//Her mood darkened with the news.