Definition of blacken

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Blacken (v. t.) To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character..

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Blackened :: Blackened (imp. & p. p.) of Blacke.
Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking..
Blackwash :: Blackwash (n.) A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny..
Smutch :: Smutch (v. t.) To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
Blacken :: Blacken (v. i.) To grow black or dark.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance..
Ink :: Ink (v. t.) To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink..
Earcockle :: Earcockle (n.) A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms..
Denigrator :: Denigrator (n.) One who, or that which, blackens..
Gibbet :: Gibbet (v. t.) To expose to infamy; to blacken.
Smudge :: Smudge (v. t.) To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
Denigrate :: Denigrate (v. t.) Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.
Blacken :: Blacken (v. t.) To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character..
Smeeth :: Smeeth (v. t.) To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot.
Besmut :: Besmut (v. t.) To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.
Cloud :: Cloud (v. t.) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
Blacken :: Blacken (v. t.) To make dark; to darken; to cloud.
Black :: Black (a.) To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
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