Meaning

3 senses
  1. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as

    darkened by smoke

  2. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:

    Synonym of charred.

  3. Synonym of blued.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed.

From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed.

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Forms

more blackened, most blackened
Comparativemore blackened Lesson
Superlativemost blackened Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood:black

Antonyms

1 antonyms
whitened

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blackened — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto