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# darkening

verb form of darken (darken, darkens, darkened, darkening); adjective (darkening); noun (darkening, rare)

«darkening» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Darkening is the -ing form of «darken»: becoming darker, or making something darker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#m1)
2. As an adjective, darkening describes something getting darker, like a darkening sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#m2)
3. A darkening face or mood is becoming angry or sad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories a darkening sky warns of a storm or of night coming; a darkening mood shows trouble. In science, darkening shows change: a banana's skin darkening as it ripens, or a cut apple darkening in air. Phrases: darkening sky, darkening clouds, darkening mood.

### Examples

- The sky was darkening as we walked home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x1)
- Darkening clouds told us rain was coming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x2)
- The apple is darkening where I bit it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x3)
- His face was darkening with anger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x4)
- The water was darkening as the sun went down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x5)
- Leaves are darkening as summer ends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x6)
- Soon afterwards he saw something big coming towards him, darkening the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/#x7)

### Note

Verb: darken, darkened, darkening. Spelling: dark + en + ing. Opposite: brightening, lightening.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «darkening» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/darkening/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«darkening» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/darkening.html) on Mova free.