In the dark. [Poetic] So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling. Shak. As the wakeful bird Sings darkling. Milton.
Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing. His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me. Thackeray.
Dark; gloomy. "The darkling precipice." Moore.
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