darkened UK /ˈdɑːkənd/US /ˈdɑɹkənd/ adjective2 •Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light. •Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely. — 2022