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darkened

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈdɑɹkənd// UK //dˈɑːkənd// dark·ened

adj. made dark or having very little light. You use this to describe a room where the lights are off or a sky covered in clouds.

adj. having little or no light; made dark or gloomy. Often used as a participial adjective to describe physical spaces or emotional atmospheres.


SIMPLE

He walked slowly into the darkened room.

CONTEXTUAL

The audience fell silent as the lights dimmed and the darkened theater filled with music.

COMPLEX

The storm clouds gathered quickly, casting a shadow over the darkened valley and forcing the hikers to seek immediate shelter before the rain began.

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Often used attributively before a noun or predicatively after a linking verb like 'remain' or 'stay'.

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