darkening

Speech parts

1. darkening - Noun

2. darkening - Verb

4. darkening - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Darken

Twilight; gloaming.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

blackening twilight black darkling dark covering cloud hiding obscure blocking darkness eclipse branding dim dusk
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Antonyms

blithe bright happy cleaning glorious praising
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Hypernyms

change of color

Hyponyms

obfuscation

Anagrams

deranking

Examples

the darkening sky Source: Internet

A couple of seconds later still, the pulses return to their original amplitude, darkening the picture once more. Source: Internet

And in the midst of the darkening winter, this light. Source: Internet

Gernsheim, pg. 7 The Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele showed in 1777 that silver chloride was especially susceptible to darkening from light exposure, and that once darkened, it becomes insoluble in an ammonia solution. Source: Internet

Gustavson, pg. 4 In a series of experiments, published in 1727, the German scientist Johann Heinrich Schulze demonstrated that the darkening of the salts was due to light alone, and not influenced by heat or exposure to air. Source: Internet

Aetna's darkening perspective on the ACA business echoes comments by Anthem, which last week went from projecting a slight profit this year to expecting a mid-single-digit percentage loss on ACA plans. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

darkened room darkener darkeness darkeningly Darker darker pigmented spots