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as in frowns
to take on a gloomy or forbidding look
his face slowly darkened as we told him the sad news
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as in obscures
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
years of accumulated grime have darkened the painting until it can barely be seen
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as in taints
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
the scandal darkened his otherwise sterling reputation
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“Darkens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darkens. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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