Overview of verb blacken

The verb blacken has 2 senses

• blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black -- (make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened")


• char, blacken, sear, scorch -- (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")

Overview of adj blackened

The adj blackened has 2 senses

• blackened -- (darkened by smoke; "blackened rafters")


• black, blackened -- ((of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury")