darkle

[ dahr-kuhl ]

verb (used without object),dar·kled, dar·kling.
  1. to appear dark; show indistinctly.

  2. to grow dark, gloomy, etc.

Origin of darkle

1
1790–1800; back formation from darkling, adv. taken as present participle

Words Nearby darkle

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How to use darkle in a sentence

  • A single hobgoblin bassoon croaks ludicrously away, the pixies darkle and flirt and dance their hearts out of them.

  • Whom It quickens, let them darkle to extinction swift and sure.

British Dictionary definitions for darkle

darkle

/ (ˈdɑːkəl) /


verbarchaic, or literary
  1. to grow dark; darken

  2. (intr) to appear dark or indistinct

Origin of darkle

1
C19: back formation from darkling

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