Thesaurus: blacken

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1. v. t. To make or render black.
2. v. t. To make dark; to darken; to cloud.
3. v. t. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.
4. v. i. To grow black or dark.
5. v. make or become black
6. v. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
7. 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. To grow black or dark.
8. v:100 v. make or become black