darken

Main Entry:
darken [dahr-kuhn]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become shaded, unlit
Synonyms: becloud, bedim, blacken, cloud over, cloud up, deepen, dim, eclipse, fog, gray, haze, make dim, murk, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, tone down
Antonyms: brighten, illuminate, lighten, whiten
Main Entry: blur
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cloud, fog
Synonyms: becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blind, darken, daze, dazzle, dim, glare, make hazy, make indistinct, make vague, mask, muddy, obscure, shade, soften
Antonyms: clear, uncloud, unsmudge
Main Entry: cloud
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become foggy or obscured
Synonyms: adumbrate, becloud, befog, blur, darken, dim, eclipse, envelop, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, veil
Antonyms: clear, unfog, unveil
Main Entry: color
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make pigmented; shade
Synonyms: adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash
Notes: color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color
Antonyms: discolor, pale, whiten
Main Entry: confuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bewilder someone
Synonyms: abash, addle, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, fuddle, involve, lead astray, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, render uncertain, shame, stir up, stump, throw off, throw off balance, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry
Antonyms: clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain
Main Entry: depress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deject, make despondent; exhaust
Synonyms: abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, beat down, bother, bug*, bum out, cast down, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, keep under, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, reduce to tears, run down, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, throw cold water on, torment, trouble, try, turn one off, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down
Antonyms: cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, make happy, stimulate
Main Entry: eclipse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obscure, veil
Synonyms: adumbrate, becloud, bedim, blot out, cloud, darken, dim, extinguish, murk, overshadow, shadow, shroud
Antonyms: clear, explain, lay out
Main Entry: fog
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: muddle, obscure
Synonyms: addle, becloud, bedim, befuddle, bewilder, blind, blur, cloud, confuse, darken, daze, dim, eclipse, mist, muddy, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle, steam up, stupefy
Notes: haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility
Antonyms: clear up, explain
Main Entry: go out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become extinguished
Synonyms: become dark, burn out, cease, darken, die, die out, dim, expire, fade out, flicker, stop shining
Antonyms: inflame
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