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past tense form of darken.
past participle of darken.

darkened

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dark adj.
murky adj.
opaque adj.

ADJECTIVE

dark

Synonyms

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black cloudy dim dingy drab dull foggy gloomy misty murky overcast shadowy somber

STRONG

dun faint

WEAK

aphotic atramentous blackish caliginous cimmerian clouded crepuscular dusky ill-lighted indistinct inky lightless lurid nebulous obfuscous obscure opaque pitch-black pitch-dark pitchy rayless shaded shady sooty stygian sunless tenebrous unlighted unlit vague

Antonyms

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bright cheerful clean clear distinct good happy intelligent joyful light luminous smart sparkling sunny vivacious

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apparent brilliant encouraging evident hopeful illuminated lucid manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

murky

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cloudy dark dim dirty dismal dreary foggy fuzzy misty muddy nebulous stormy

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black caliginous cheerless dingy drab dull dun dusk dusky filthy foul glowering gray grubby impenetrable lowering mucky nasty nubilous overcast roily sad smoky somber squalid tenebrous turbid unclean

Antonyms

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apparent bright brilliant cheerful clean clear distinct good happy hopeful light moral plain pleasant

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luminous sparkling unobscured

ADJECTIVE

opaque

Synonyms

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blurred cloudy dirty dull frosty gloomy hazy impenetrable murky thick

WEAK

dark dim dusky filmy foggy fuliginous lusterless misty muddied nontranslucent nontransparent nubilous obfuscated shady smoky sooty turbid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright clear intelligent light luminous smart sparkling sunny thin vivacious

WEAK

crystal-clear easy lucid translucent transparent unambiguous unclouded understandable

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darkened

Higher interest rates and rising maintenance costs also darkened the picture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The former Greater Manchester mayor, who is expected to become prime minister next Monday, said politics had "darkened" in the decade he had been away from Westminster.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Over time, darkened wax appeared inside queen cells, showing that workers were selectively collecting and transforming materials from elsewhere in the hive for use in queen development.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

It was one of those dramatic Los Angeles afternoons when the sky had darkened early and rain felt inevitable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

By then, the sky had darkened to the rich, honeyed depth of Baltic amber.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

darkened

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