blackened

[ blak-uhnd ]

/ ˈblæk ənd /

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adjective

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

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OTHER WORDS FROM blackened

un·black·ened, adjective

A large blackened object traveling at high speed smashed into the ground near the horizon with a loud explosion heard for miles.
The Man Who Fell From Space|Sean Braswell|November 27, 2020|Ozy
Blood and blackened remnants are caked on the bathroom floor.
Who Is Behind Gaza's Mass Execution?|Jesse Rosenfeld|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eyebrows Cressida: Imagine eyebrows drawn on a balloon with a blackened cork.
Cressida Bonas vs. Cara Delevingne: A Differentiation Guide to Two Celebrity English Roses|Tom Sykes|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The rear ramp dropped open, and Lance Cpl. Williams saw a blackened hull spouting flames 30 feet high.
The Mental Health of Our Wounded Warriors: PTSD Isn't the Only Affliction|Justin Green|February 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But inside the destroyed entrance, down the blackened hallways, through the blown-out doors, there is a room with a light on.
Inside a Syrian Rebel City: FSA Restores Tentative Order to Al Bab|Erin Banco|August 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The figures of the murals are no longer blackened beyond recognition.
A Tour of St. Francis Xavier, a Potential New Church for Katie Holmes|Michael Daly|July 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Charred beams and blackened walls showed stark and gaunt in the glow of a smoldering mass of wreckage.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
In each case the tiny detachment discovered blackened walls and unburied corpses.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Coudrey, his face blackened with smoke, and his eyes blazing with the light of battle, came riding back.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
He dragged the blackened brush through a vessel of clear water, then brandished it like the madman Mata thought him.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
Sometimes the bichloride will not injure the wall-paper, but if there are gilt figures upon it these will be blackened.
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