Blacken synonyms and antonyms

blăk'ən

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smear
To spread or daub (a surface, for example) with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance.
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stain
To discolour something
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besoil
To cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.
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smudge
To fill (an orchard or an inhabited area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from frost or to repel insects.
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soil
To dirty with excrement.
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nigrify
(Rare) To make black
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slander (related)
To utter a slander about.
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defame
To harm or diminish the reputation of.
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defile
To profane or sully (a reputation, for example).
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denigrate
To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame:
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discolor
To become altered or spoiled in color.
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malign
(Archaic) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.
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darken
To make dark or darker in colour.
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make black
To make black
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begrime
To make something dirty; to soil
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sully
To soil or stain; to dirty
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tarnish
(Intransitive) To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
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attack
To start work on with purpose and vigor:
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grow black
To become black
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grow dark
To become black
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dim
Dim means to make or become darker.
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deepen
(Intransitive) To become deeper
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dirty (related)
To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).
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shade (related)
To obscure or darken:
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besmirch
To tarnish, especially someone's reputation; to debase.
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cloud
A visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes ranging up to several miles above sea level. Clouds are formed when air that contains water vapor cools below the dew point.
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disgrace
To deprive of favor or good repute; treat with disfavor:
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soot
To cover, soil, or treat with soot
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stigmatize
To cause stigmata to appear on.
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tar
(Computing) To create a tar archive.
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whiten (antonym)
To make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
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lighten (antonym)
To shine brightly; flash
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bleach (antonym)
To become white as a result of the loss of algal symbionts, usually following an environmental stress such as increased water temperature. Used of coral.
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compliment (antonym)
Common misspelling of complement.
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enhance (antonym)
To improve the quality or condition of
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befoul
To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.
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black
To polish with blacking
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smutch
To make dirty; smudge
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besmear
To smear over; smear all over; sully.
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bespatter
To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.
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smut
To affect (a plant) with smut fungus.
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spatter
To strike or land on in a dispersed way:
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taint
Taint is defined as to make something decay or cause it to be impure.
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give a black eye to
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sling (or throw) mud on
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clean (related)
In a clean or nonpolluting manner:
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melanize
To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
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melanise
make or become black
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char
To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.
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sear
To brand or cauterize with a hot iron
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scorch
To dry out or wither with intense heat:
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shrivel (related)
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pock-marked (related)
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split open (related)
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burnt (related)
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smother (related)
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flatten (related)
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smolder (related)
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praise (antonym)
To express a feeling of veneration or gratitude to (a deity); worship or glorify.
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smoulder (related)
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  • Quenstedt (c. 1685) and others - in a controversial interest, to blacken the Calvinists still more - distinguished which articles were " fundamental."

  • A Machiavellian tract on the fundamental maxims of Venetian policy (Opinione come debba governarsi la repubblica di Venezia), used by his adversaries to blacken his memory, is undoubtedly not his.

  • Abney and Baker have shown that the pure dry chloride does not blacken when exposed in a vacuous tube to light, and that the blackening is due to absorption of oxygen accompanied by a loss of chlorine.

  • This helps to blacken the image up a bit, without harming the more delicate pencil shading.

  • We also visited the nearby boatyard to book in for a haul-out early next year - to scrub and blacken Rosy's bottom.

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