Darken

  • 41darken — verb Syn: grow dark, make dark, blacken, grow dim, cloud over, lour Ant: lighten …

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  • 42darken — [ˈdɑːkən] verb [I/T] to become darker, or to make something darker The sky darkened and heavy rain began to fall.[/ex] …

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  • 43darken — dark•en [[t]ˈdɑr kən[/t]] v. t. v. i. 1) to make or become dark or darker 2) to make or become obscure 3) to make or become less white or clear in color 4) to make or become gloomy; sadden or dampen 5) to make or become clouded, furrowed, etc.,… …

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  • 44darken — /ˈdakən/ (say dahkuhn) verb (t) 1. to make dark or darker; make obscure. 2. to make less white or clear in colour. 3. to make gloomy; sadden: *Much of Tim O Cannon s life subsequently was darkened by misfortune. –xavier herbert, 1938. 4. to make… …

  • 45darken —   Ho ouli, ho opouli, ho oahiahi, pahiwa (rare), hō ele ele …

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  • 46darken someone's doorstep — verb to enter somebody elses home uninvited …

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  • 47darken a church door — attend church, go to a church service    He never darkens a church door except to attend funerals …

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  • 48And She Would Darken the Memory — Infobox Single Name = And She Would Darken the Memory Artist = The Twilight Sad from Album = Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters B side = That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy (Ensemble remix) Released = July 16, 2007 Format = 7… …

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  • 49never darken my door again — often humorous phrase used for telling someone never to come back to your house again Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to go awaysynonym Main entry: darken * * * never darken my ˈdoor again f2 idiom ( …

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  • 50never darken your door again — never darken (your) door again old fashioned if you tell someone never to darken your door again, you mean you never want to see them again. Did her father really tell you never to darken his door again? How melodramatic …

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