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View synonyms for blacken
blacken
/ ˈblækən /
verb
- to make or become black or dirty
- tr to defame; slander (esp in the phrase blacken someone's name )
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- blacken·er noun
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Example Sentences
Because of a quibble on his part this loathsome thing would ruin his future, dash his hopes to the ground, blacken his life.
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The river pool commenced to blacken, while flowering rushes tossed their shivering heads and murmured.
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"Too bad of you to blacken me to her like that," remarked the judge.
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They have done what they could to blacken his name; and to this day the shadow they have cast upon it in part remains.
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These lawyers who are coming will blacken lots of paper, and talk a great deal of useless stuff.
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