blacken

blacken has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• v. t.. To make or render black.
• v. t.. To make dark; to darken; to cloud.
• v. t.. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.
• v. i.. To grow black or dark.
• v.. make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
• v.. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"