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Antonyms for blacken
ˈblæk ənblack·en

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  1. blackenverb

    Antonyms:
    blanch, bleach, make white, whiten, whitewash

    Synonyms:
    color, darken, dye, soil, stain

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  1. blacken

    Antonyms:
    vindicate, clear, eulogize

    Synonyms:
    bespatter, befoul, bedaub, defame, decry, calumniate, dishonor, asperse, traduce, vilify, slander, malign

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  1. blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, blackverb

    make or become black

    "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

    Antonyms:
    white, whiten

    Synonyms:
    scorch, melanize, sear, nigrify, melanise, black, char

  2. char, blacken, sear, scorchverb

    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"

    Antonyms:
    white, whiten

    Synonyms:
    scorch, melanize, sear, singe, nigrify, parch, melanise, coal, black, char

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  1. blackenverb

    Synonyms:
    darken, denigrate, begrime, besmirch, tarnish, discolor, defame, malign

How to use blacken in a sentence?

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    Caters News Agency -RRB- Searles, Caters News Agency -RRB- Searles, said.Yet as my skin started to blacken and die, I was on so much pain medication that I couldnt feel anything I just knew something was really badly wrong. My skin completely died and Ive been left in constant pain.

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#348white
#907clear
#20433bleach
#62616whitewash
#66879blanch
#80199vindicate
#97866whiten
#119090blacken
#323815eulogize

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