darkens
Grows more shadowed
Darkens is the third-person singular of darken—to make or become dark or darker.
A room darkens when the lights dim.
The sky darkens before a storm.
Figuratively, a mood darkens when it turns gloomy or troubled: His expression darkened when he heard the news.
To darken someone's door is to visit, usually unwelcome: Don't darken my doorstep again.
Grows gradually weaker
- dimsLessens in brightness
- shadowsDark areas from blocked light
- obscuresMakes difficult to perceive
- shadesVariations in darkness
dulls · mutes · softens · clouds · blurs · veils · grays · murks
Makes difficult to perceive
- hidesConceals or animal skins
- shroudsWraps that hide
- veilsTranslucent face coverings
- masksFace-covering disguises
cloaks · screens · covers · conceals · obfuscates · camouflages · eclipses · overshadows
fades
Grows gradually weaker
shades · dulls · mutes · softens · clouds · blurs · veils · grays · murks · hazes
obscures
Makes difficult to perceive
masks · cloaks · screens · covers · conceals · obfuscates · camouflages · eclipses · overshadows · envelops
gloom
Pervasive dimness or dejection
troubles · clouds · dampens · weighs · burdens · disheartens · discourages · dismays · dispirits · demoralizes
twilight
Light after sunset
sundown · gloaming · eventide · crepuscule · vesper · moonrise · starlight · nocturne · penumbra · waning
- tarnishesblemishes, blots, corrupts, defames, denigrates
- shut downturns off, powers down, deactivates, switches off, kills
darkensbrightens
Makes lighter or cheerier
illuminates · lightens · illumines · lights up · lights
- darken someone's doorstepArrive where unwanted
- Darkest HourMoment of greatest difficulty
- darkest timelineHypothetical worst-case reality
- darken someone's doorVisit, often unwelcome
- darken someone's doorwayAppear at one's home
- darken a church doorEnter a place of worship