blacken

black·en  (blkn)

v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens

v.tr.

1. To make black.

2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name.

3. To coat (fish or meat, for example) with pepper and other spices and then quickly sear in a very hot skillet, thereby producing meat that is black on the outside but tender on the inside.

v.intr.

To become dark or black: The day blackened into night.

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blacken·er n.

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blacken [ˈblækən]

vb

1. to make or become black or dirty

2. (tr) to defame; slander (esp in the phrase blacken someone's name)

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	blacken - make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" black, nigrify, melanise, melanize discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored" white, whiten - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
	2.	blacken - 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" char, sear, scorch cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" burn - burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" singe, swinge - burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"

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blacken

verb

1. darken, dim, deepen, grow black, grow dim He watched the blackening clouds move in.

2. make dark, shadow, shade, obscure, overshadow, make darker, make dim The smoke blackened the sky like the apocalypse.

3. discredit, stain, disgrace, smear, knock (informal), degrade, rubbish (informal), taint, tarnish, censure, slur, slag (off) (slang), malign, reproach, denigrate, disparage, decry, vilify, slander, sully, dishonour, defile, defame, bad-mouth (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), traduce, bring into disrepute, smirch, calumniate They're trying to blacken our name.

Translations

blacken [ˈblækən]

A. VT

1. → ennegrecer; (by fire) → calcinar; [+ face] → tiznar de negro

2. (fig) [+ reputation] → manchar

B. VI → ennegrecerse

blacken [ˈblækən] vt

[+ sky, wall, teeth] → noircir

[+ name, reputation, image] → ternir
to blacken sb's name → calomnier qn
black eye n → œil m au beurre noir >
to have a black eye → avoir un œil poché, avoir un œil au beurre noir
to give sb a black eye → pocher l'œil à qn, faire un œil au beurre noir à qn

blacken

vt

(= make black) → schwarz machen; one’s face → schwarz anmalen; the walls were blackened by the fire → die Wände waren vom Feuer schwarz

(fig) character → verunglimpfen; to blacken somebody’s name or reputation → jdn schlechtmachen

vi → schwarz werden

blacken [ˈblæk/ən]

1. vi → annerirsi; (sky) → oscurarsi

2. vt → annerire (fig) (reputation) → macchiare