Past tense of darken
regular verb
The past tense of darken is darkened. The past participle is also darkened.
Forms of darken
| Base form (V1) | darken /ˈdɑɹkən/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | darkened /ˈdɑɹkənd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | darkened /ˈdɑɹkənd/ |
| Present participle | darkening |
| Third person singular | darkens |
Darkened in a sentence
- Alice’s big eyes darkened with trouble.1942, Emily Carr, “Mrs. Crane”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
- Jason only hit him once, but he really darkened his daylights.From the entry daylights
- I felt my way through the darkened room.From the entry feel
- I backed edgingly out of the darkened room.From the entry edgingly
- In my darkened bedroom as a child, a trick of the light made my chair look like a crouching monster.From the entry trick of the light
Meaning of darken
- verb To make dark or darker by reducing light.
- verb To become dark or darker (having less light).
- verb To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud).
Questions about the past tense of darken
- What is the past tense of darken?
- The past tense of darken is darkened.
- What is the past participle of darken?
- The past participle of darken is darkened.
- Is darken a regular or irregular verb?
- Darken is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: darken (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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