Darkened vs Gloomy - What's the difference?
darkened | gloomy | Related terms |
(darken)
To make dark or darker by reducing light.
* Bible, Exodus x. 15
To become dark or darker (having less light).
To make dark or darker in colour.
To become dark or darker in colour.
To render gloomy, darker in mood
* Shakespeare
To become gloomy, darker in mood
To blind, impair eyesight
* Bible, Rom xi. 10
To be blinded, loose clear vision
To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
* Bible, Job xxxviii. 2
* Francis Bacon
To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
* Shakespeare
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected.
Darkened is a related term of gloomy.
As a verb darkened
is (darken).As an adjective gloomy is
imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded.darkened
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*darken
English
Verb
(en verb)- They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened .
- With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not / The mirth of the feast.
- Let their eyes be darkened , that they may not see.
- Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
- Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darken his foresight.
- I must not think there are / Evils enough to darken all his goodness.
Conjugation
(en-conj-simple)Derived terms
* darkener * darken someone's doorSynonyms
* blackenAnagrams
* * * * * English ergative verbsgloomy
English
Adjective
(er)- The cavern was gloomy .
- a gloomy temper or countenance