blackened

Meaning

Adj

1. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as
2. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
3. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:

Verb

simple past and past participle of blacken

blacken

1. (causative, transitive) To cause to be or become black.
2. (ergative, intransitive) To become black.
3. (causative, transitive) To make dirty.
4. To defame or sully.
5. (transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.

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Synonyms

black

darkened

dark

soiled

blue

bruised

clouded

darkling

dark-skinned

deep

dim

dirty

discoloured

disconsolate

dismal

dusky

filthy

fuscous

gloomy

grim

murky

sable

saturnine

smirched

somber

sombre

stained

sulky

sullen

sunless

swart

unclean

ustulate

glooming

mirky

dark-colored

dusky-colored

angry

😠

gloomful

bedraggled

blackish

bleak

Translations

اسودّ

ennegrit

geschwärzt

schwärzte

noir

noirci

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: blakend

In summary

From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed.