Antonyms of verb darken

2 of 3 senses of darken

Sense 1
darken -- (become dark or darker; "The sky darkened")
       Antonym of lighten (Sense 5)
      => lighten, lighten up -- (become lighter; "The room lightened up")

Sense 3
darken -- (make dark or darker; "darken a room")
       Antonym of brighten (Sense 1)
      => brighten, lighten up, lighten -- (make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb darken

3 senses of darken

Sense 1
darken -- (become dark or darker; "The sky darkened")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Sense 2
darken -- (tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name")
       => tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile -- (make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man")

Sense 3
darken -- (make dark or darker; "darken a room")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Antonyms of adj darkened

2 senses of darkened

Sense 1
darkened -- ((of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time; "the darkened margins of the paper")

INDIRECT (VIA old) -> young, immature -- ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people")

Sense 2
darkened -- (become or made dark by lack of light; "a darkened house"; "the darkened theater")

INDIRECT (VIA dark) -> light -- (characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light")

Similarity of adj darkened

2 senses of darkened

Sense 1
darkened -- ((of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time; "the darkened margins of the paper")
       => old (vs. young) -- ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?")

Sense 2
darkened -- (become or made dark by lack of light; "a darkened house"; "the darkened theater")
       => dark (vs. light) -- (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat")