Nighten
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Nighten is a verb meaning (intransitive) To become night or grow dark, as night.
Meaning
(intransitive) To become night or grow dark, as night.
Example Sentences
A dark place, a shadowed place, only a blot against the eternally nightened skies.
A flash of pretty fireworks in a nightening sky falling down, making the dry field catch fire.
The flame of these smudge pots was just the type which presented itself in my vision, fluttering like a flag and giving off enough dark smoke to nighten the wooden sculpture above and around the flame.
Word Forms
- nightens
- nightening
- nightened
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dark, darken, benight, benighten, dusk, gloam.
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