Blacken Synonyms and Antonyms

blăkən
To smirch
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sully
  2. tarnish
  3. besmirch
  4. cloud
  5. slander
  6. attack
  7. denigrate
  8. smear
  9. stain
  10. befoul
  11. besmear
  12. darken
  13. bespatter
  14. begrime
  15. dirty
  16. defame
  17. char
  18. smudge
  19. defile
  20. smut
  21. soil
  22. discolor
  23. spatter
  24. disgrace
  25. malign
  26. taint
  27. soot
  28. sear
  29. stigmatize
  30. tar
  31. scorch
Antonyms:
  1. compliment
  2. praise
  3. enhance
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To become black
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. grow black
  2. grow dark
  3. dim
  4. deepen

Words Related to Blacken

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. shade
  2. clean
  3. smoulder
  4. shrivel
  5. pock-marked
  6. split open
  7. burnt
  8. smother
  9. flatten

Blacken Sentence Examples

  • 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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