Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blackened"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blacken \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blackened
adj 1: darkened by smoke; "blackened rafters"
2: (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood;
"a face black with fury" [syn: {black}]
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