darken
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become dark or darker
The sky darkened
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- dusk hyponym
- blacken out hyponym
- overcloud hyponym
Related & opposite
- lighten up antonym
- blackening derivation
Sense 2 verb
tarnish or stain
a scandal that darkened the family's good name
Types & categories
- tarnish hypernym
Sense 3 verb
make dark or darker
darken a room
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- brighten antonym
- darken causes
- blackening derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | lighten up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blackening |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dusk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blacken out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overcloud |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tarnish |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | brighten |
| 3 | causes | Related & opposite | darken |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blackening |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | embrown |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | murk |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dun |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blind |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dim |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedim |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shade |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | overcast |