blackened

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blackened - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              While the long funerals blacken all the way. --Pope.
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     2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole
        heavens." --South.
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     3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as,
        vice blackens the character.
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     Syn: To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate;
          traduce; malign; asperse.
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blackened - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, blackened]