darkle means To be dark; to be visible only darkly. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
DARKLE — [Verb] To appear dark or indistinct; to grow dark or gloomy. A back-formation from darkling (adv.), equivalent to dark + -le (frequentative suffix), it is the slow creep of shadow made active. Unlike "obscure" (which suggests static concealment) or "twilight" (which names the light itself), "darkle" is the verb of encroaching dimness. It is the way a forest thickens at dusk, the slow eclipse of a face turning from the lamp, or the moment a room’s corners dissolve into ambiguity—not yet night, but no longer day, a hesitation at the threshold of disappearance. The world is always either darkling or brightening, and we are always standing in one and squinting toward the other.
verb
- To be dark; to be visible only darkly.“Thus to their hopeless eyes the night was shown, / And grimly darkled o'er the faces pale [...].”
- To become dark; to show indistinctly.