1. darken - Adjective
2. darken - Verb
To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
To render dim; to deprive of vision.
To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
To cast a gloom upon.
To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
To grow or darker.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is necessary for a Christian to fast, in order to clear his mind, to rouse and develop his feelings, and to stimulate his will to useful activity. These three human capabilities we darken and stifle above all by 'surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life' (Lk. 21:34). John of Kronstadt
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues. Plutarch
Many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true! Logan Pearsall Smith
To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. Frederick Douglass
Go, and never darken my towels again. Groucho Marx
Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out. Latin Proverb