Blackened Meaning
/blˈækənd/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjDarkened to the point of appearing black; as
adjDarkened to the point of appearing black; as:, Synonym of charred.
Sentence Examples
When my lungs are not blackened by the cigarettes, they are by pollution.
How on earth could this pan become so burnt and blackened.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The toast was ____ because he left it in the toaster too long.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ruins of the old building were ____ by the powerful fire tonight.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[...] after journeying across pleasant agricultural countryside to Leicester and thence though the blackened and busy industrial area that stretches almost unbrokenly for over 100 miles from Trent through Rotherham and Leeds to Keighley, [...]."
— 1939 July, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: 1. Settle and Carlisle, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 34:
"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"."
— 2025 February 19, Mike Lewis, “Tragedy at Moorgate”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 58, about the Moorgate tube crash:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The toast was ____ because he left it in the toaster too long.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ruins of the old building were ____ by the powerful fire tonight.