Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: black, char, melanise, melanize, nigrify, scorch

Antonyms: white, whiten

See Also: burn, color, colour, discolor, discolour, singe, swinge

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