Adjective darkening has 2 senses
  1. darkening - becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over; "the darkening sky"
    Antonym:
    light (indirect, via dark)
  2. gloomy, grim, darkening - characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"
    Antonym: hopeful (indirect, via hopeless)
,Noun darkening has 1 sense
  1. blackening, darkening - changing to a darker color
    --1 is a kind of change of color
    --1 has particulars: obfuscation
    Derived forms: verb darken2, verb darken4, verb darken1
,Verb darken has 4 senses
  1. darken - become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"
    --1 is one way to
    change
    Antonyms: brighten, lighten
    Derived form: noun darkening1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. darken, dim - become or make darker; "The screen darkend"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"
    --2 is one way to change intensity
    Antonyms: brighten
    Derived form: noun darkening1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. darken - tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"
    --3 is one way to
    tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  4. darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room"
    --4 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Antonyms: brighten, lighten up, lighten
    Derived form: noun darkening1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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