Synonyms for blacken
ˈblæk ənblack·en

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1. blackenverb

   Synonyms:
   color, darken, dye, soil, stain

   Antonyms:
   blanch, bleach, make white, whiten, whitewash

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1. blacken

   Synonyms:
   bespatter, befoul, bedaub, defame, decry, calumniate, dishonor, asperse, traduce, vilify, slander, malign

   Antonyms:
   vindicate, clear, eulogize

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1. blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, blackverb

   make or become black

   "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

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

   Antonyms:
   white, whiten

2. char, blacken, sear, scorchverb

   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:
   scorch, melanize, sear, singe, nigrify, parch, melanise, coal, black, char

   Antonyms:
   white, whiten

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1. • Burn
   • Cookery

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1. blackenverb

   Synonyms:
   darken, make black

2. blackenverb

   Synonyms:
   vilify, defame, slander, calumniate, asperse, traduce, malign, abuse, revile, rail at, sneer at, run down, speak ill of

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1. blackenverb

   Synonyms:
   darken, denigrate, begrime, besmirch, tarnish, discolor, defame, malign

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1. List of paraphrases for "blacken":

   demonise, denigrate

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   Caters News Agency -RRB- Searles, Caters News Agency -RRB- Searles, said.Yet as my skin started to blacken and die, I was on so much pain medication that I couldnt feel anything I just knew something was really badly wrong. My skin completely died and Ive been left in constant pain.