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darkle

UK/ˈdɑːk(ə)l/US/ˈdɑɹk(ə)l/

darkle verb: to be dark; to be visible only darkly.

Verb

darkle (third-person singular simple present darkles, present participle darkling, simple past and past participle darkled)

  1. To be dark; to be visible only darkly.
    • Thus to their hopeless eyes the night was shown, / And grimly darkled o'er the faces pale [...].1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.49
  2. To become dark; to show indistinctly.

darkle meaning in Tamil and Bengali

darkle in Tamil

இருட்டு, இருளடை, கருக்கு, கறுநிறமாகு, மங்கலாகு, மங்கலாக

darkle in Bengali

অন্ধকার হওয়া, কেবল আবছাভাবে দৃশ্যমান হওয়া, অন্ধকার হয়ে যাওয়া, অস্পষ্টভাবে দেখা যাওয়া

Forms of darkle

third-person singular presentdarkles
present participledarkling
past participledarkled
pastdarkled

Origin of darkle

Back-formation from darkling. Equivalent to dark + -le.

Questions about darkle

What does darkle mean?
Darkle means to be dark; to be visible only darkly.
What is darkle in Tamil?
Darkle in Tamil is இருட்டு, இருளடை, கருக்கு. See Darkle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is darkle?
Darkle is a verb.
How do you pronounce darkle?
Darkle is pronounced /ˈdɑːk(ə)l/ (UK).
What is the past tense of darkle?
The past tense of darkle is darkled.

Words near darkle in the dictionary

  1. Darkinjung
  2. Darkins
  3. darkish
  4. darkishly
  5. darkishness
  6. darkle
  7. darkled
  8. darkles
  9. darklier
  10. darkliest
  11. Darklina

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: darkle (page history and authors); darkle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); darkle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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