blackened

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blackened

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

adjective more blackened · most blackened

Darkened to the point of appearing black; as [...] after journeying across pleasant agricultural countryside to Leicester and thence though the blackened and busy industrial area that stretches almost unbrokenly for over 100 miles from Trent through Rotherham and Leeds to Keighley, [...].
Synonym of charred.
Similar: charred
Synonym of blued.
Similar: blued

Opposite: whitened

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of blacken

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: smoky, colorful, colored, coloured, black, in color, scorched, singed, sooty, smudged, charred, burnt, sable, jet, coal-black, pitchy

adjective

Opposite: whitened

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adj darkened to the point blackness

Español	ennegrecido

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@misc{blackened_2026,
  title = {blackened},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blackened},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}