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English
Pronunciation
Verb
darkened
- simple past and past participle of darken
Adjective
darkened (not comparable)
- Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.
- Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.
- Synonym: (chiefly literary and poetic) embrowned
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.
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Translations
made dark by the exclusion of light
having an absence of light
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