About The Word Blacken
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Blacken
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What's The Definition Of Blacken?
[v] make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
[v] burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" Synonyms | Synonyms for Blacken: black | char | melanise | melanize | nigrify | scorch Related Terms | Find terms related to Blacken: abuse | asperse | attaint | bark at | becloud | bedarken | bedaub | bedim | begloom | begrime | berate | besmear | besmirch | besmoke | besmutch | besoil | bespatter | bestain | betongue | black | black out | blackwash | block the light | blot | blot out | blotch | blow upon | blur | brand | brown | call names | cast a shadow | cast aspersions on | censure | charcoal | cloud | cloud over | cork | darken | darken over | daub | defame | defile | denigrate | dim | dim out | dinge | dirty | disapprove | discolor | discredit | disparage | ebonize | eclipse | encloud | encompass with shadow | engage in personalities | execrate | expose | expose to infamy | fulminate against | gibbet | gloom | hang in effigy | heap dirt upon | ink | jaw | libel | load with reproaches | malign | mark | melanize | muckrake | murk | nigrify | obfuscate | obnubilate | obscure | obumbrate | occult | occultate | overcast | overcloud | overshadow | oversmoke | pillory | rag | rail at | rate | rave against | reprimand | revile | scorch | sear | shade | shadow | singe | slander | slubber | slur | smear | smirch | smoke | smouch | smudge | smut | smutch | soil | somber | soot | spot | stain | stigmatize | sully | taint | tarnish | throw mud at | thunder against | tongue-lash | traduce | vilify | vituperate | yell at | yelp at See Also | burn | color | colour | discolor | discolour | singe | swinge Blacken In Webster's Dictionary \Black"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Blackening}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Black}, v.
t. ]
1. To make or render black.
While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.
2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. ``Blackened the whole
heavens.'' --South.
3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as,
vice blackens the character.
Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;
traduce; malign; asperse.
\Black"en\, v. i. To grow black or dark. |
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