blackened

[ blak-uh nd ]

/ ˈblæk ənd /

adjective

(especially of fish) coated with spices and sautéed quickly over high heat so that the outside chars.

Words nearby blackened

blackcock, blackcod, blackcurrant, blackdamp, blacken, blackened, blackett, blackface, blackfellow, blackfellow's bread, blackfin

OTHER WORDS FROM blackened

un·black·ened, adjective

Definition for blackened (2 of 2)

blacken

[ blak-uhn ]

/ ˈblæk ən /

verb (used with object)

to make black; darken.

to speak evil of; defame: to blacken a person's reputation.

verb (used without object)

to grow or become black.

Origin of blacken

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at black, -en¹

SYNONYMS FOR blacken

2 denigrate, smear, slander, villify, libel, traduce, calumniate.

OTHER WORDS FROM blacken

black·en·er, noun

Examples from the Web for blackened

Blood and blackened remnants are caked on the bathroom floor.
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Eyebrows Cressida: Imagine eyebrows drawn on a balloon with a blackened cork.
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The rear ramp dropped open, and Lance Cpl. Williams saw a blackened hull spouting flames 30 feet high.
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But inside the destroyed entrance, down the blackened hallways, through the blown-out doors, there is a room with a light on.
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Which may be why we so want to see his blackened head, pulverized by taxpayer bullets.
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Passage after passage was blackened with heavy lines in lead pencil.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman
And once I saw a dead man lying near a blackened cellar; and a dead hound near him.
The Little Red Foot|Robert W. Chambers
Teeth are knocked out, or filed into prescribed shapes, or blackened.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
It had left the beautiful little city a mass of blackened, smoking ruins.
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Every design in this article is built up from the seven pieces of blackened cardboard.
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British Dictionary definitions for blackened

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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