Meaning & use

darkling

adjective·Advanced

Occurring in darkness, or growing dark; used in literary or poetic language.

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The poem describes a darkling plain where confused armies clash by night.

Owls called out across the darkling woods as evening fell.

A note on using this word

Darkling is a literary and poetic word, rarely used in everyday speech, and appears mainly in classic English poetry.

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