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blacken

verb

1 blacken

Make or become black:
— The smoke blackened the ceiling.
— The ceiling blackened.

synonyms: black, melanise, melanize.

Roget 431: be black etc. adj.; render black etc. adj.. blacken, infuscate, denigrate; blot, blotch; smutch; smirch; darken ... show more

Roget 934: detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run down, cry down; backcap [U.S.]; belittle; sneer at etc. (contempt) 930; ... show more

Dutch: zwartmaken

2 blacken

Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color:
— The cook blackened the chicken breast.

synonyms: char, scorch, sear.


Moby thesaurus: abuse, asperse, attaint, bark at, becloud, bedarken, bedaub, bedim, begloom, begrime, berate, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, bestain, betongue, black ... show more.

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