Blacken

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækÉ™n

Origin

From black + -en.

Full definition of blacken

Verb

1. To make black.
2. To make dirty.
3. To defame or sully.Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men. — Napoleon Bonaparte
4. To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
5. (intransitive)To become black.The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.

Synonyms

• (make black): black, denigrate
• (make dirty): dirty, soil
• (defame): defame, denigrate, sully, taint, tarnish