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darkening has definitions from the field of color
1
[ adjective ] becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over

Examples

"the darkening sky"

Used in print

(Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)

If Mahzeer was alone with the prime_minister he could be arranging his execution while Hoag stood out here shivering in the darkening street .

Related terms

dark

2
[ adjective ] characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom

Synonyms

gloomy grim

Examples

"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"

Related terms

hopeless

3
[ noun ] (color) changing to a darker color

Synonyms

blackening

Related terms

change_of_color obfuscation darken

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Rhymes with

hardening gardening disheartening heartening apportioning cunning slackening blackening shortening likening reckoning disheartening gardening summoning heartening hardening running awning awakening sickening quickening weakening thickening reckoning bargaining malfunctioning sanctioning functioning sanctioning lengthening lightening enlightening broadening happening frightening wanting fattening fastening softening saddening heightening tightening ripening dampening widening maddening bargaining dawning cushioning repositioning disillusioning reasoning downing positioning commissioning fashioning vacationing envisioning partitioning rationing conditioning counting blackening shunning morning mourning warning coarsening counting cunning dining ironing christening threatening accounting unquestioning questioning shortening running reining raining strengthening poisoning lengthening reigning seasoning kenning caning unreasoning coarsening opening rationing crowning ripening browning frowning reckoning clowning mining glistening caning hastening sweetening leavening lessening listening determining stiffening yawning loosening deafening deepening worsening fawning kenning deadening ripening rationing droning clowning ironing sickening shunning shining awning ruining hardening ordaining housecleaning aligning assigning broadening frightening dampening gardening reining reigning raining thickening tanning whining pining fining signing banning wining lining draining adjoining frightening broadening declining refining reclining disappointing unreasoning housecleaning confining cocooning ordaining ballooning stunning designing defining ironing cloning governing softening maddening crowning self-governing crooning cleaning mining shining apportioning ironing reclining enchanting confining scanning broadening declining wanting warning whitening morning heartening mourning gardening disheartening crooning deepening deafening whitening fastening stunning draining disheartening lightning

Phonetic and Homophones

D AA1 R K N IH0 NG
D AA1 R K AH0 N IH0 NG

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