blackened

CEFRB1

/blˈækənd/

verb · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    make or become black.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    simple past and past participle of blacken

Examples

  • How on earth could this pan become so burnt and blackened.

  • When my lungs are not blackened by the cigarettes, they are by pollution.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as

  2. Synonym of charred.

  3. Synonym of blued.

More examples

In context

  • A witness quoted by The Times described "the blackened faces of firemen sitting outside the station in the cold, drinking tea from local sandwich shops in complete silence".

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed.