blacken
11blacken — black, blacken verbs. Black is used when the meaning is to deliberately make something black, as in blacking one s face, one s shoes, a person s eye, etc., in the meaning to declare something ‘black’ (i.e. to boycott it), and in the phrasal verb… …
12blacken — blackener, n. /blak euhn/, v.t. 1. to make black; darken. 2. to speak evil of; defame: to blacken a person s reputation. v.i. 3. to grow or become black. [1250 1300; ME; see BLACK, EN1] Syn. 2. denigrate, smear, slander, villify, libel, traduce,… …
13blacken — verb a) To make black. Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men. mdash; Napoleon Bonaparte b) To make dirty. The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in. Syn: black, denigrate, dirty, soil …
14blacken — verb Blacken is used with these nouns as the object: ↑name …
15blacken — black|en [ˈblækən] v 1.) [I and T] to become black, or make something black ▪ The thunder became louder and the sky blackened. 2.) blacken sb s name/character/reputation to say unpleasant things about someone in order to make other people have a… …
16blacken — black|en [ blækən ] verb intransitive or transitive to become black, or to make something become black: A mass of seagulls blackened the sky. The walls were blackened by decades of soot. blacken someone s reputation/name/character to do or say… …
17blacken — verb 1 (I, T) to become black, or make something black: Smoke had blackened the ceiling of the room. 2 blacken sb s name/character/reputation etc to say unpleasant things about someone in order to make other people have a bad opinion of them …
18blacken — [ˈblækən] verb [I/T] to become black, or to make something black • blacken sb s reputation/name/character to say things in order to harm someone s reputation[/ex] …
19blacken — v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become black or dark. 2 tr. speak evil of, defame (blacken someone s character) …
20blacken someone's reputation — blacken someone’s reputation/name/character/ phrase to do or say something that you know will harm someone’s reputation He accused his opponents of trying to blacken his name. Thesaurus: to harm someone s reputationsynonym Main entry …
