verb Download 🔗Share (causative) To cause to be or become black. Examples : "The smoke from the fire was quickly blackening the walls of the kitchen. " appearance color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become black. Examples : "The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in." appearance color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (causative) To make dirty. Examples : "The smoke from the fire was blackening the walls of the kitchen. " appearance condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To defame or sully. Examples : "The politician was accused of blackening his opponent's reputation with false accusations. " character communication language moral negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan. Examples : "My dad is blackening the catfish in a cast iron skillet for dinner tonight. " food utensil action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of turning black in colour; a black stain or mark. Examples : "The blackening on the shirt was from the spilled ink. " color appearance mark Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading