blackened
Verb
- make or become black
- "The smoke blackened the ceiling"
- "The ceiling blackened"
- burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
- "The cook blackened the chicken breast"
- simple past and past participle of blacken
Adjective Satellite
- darkened by smoke
- "blackened rafters"
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
Adj
- Darkened to the point of appearing black; as
- Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
- Synonym of charred.
- Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
- Synonym of blued.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed.
Scrabble Score: 18
blackened: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordblackened: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
blackened: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 22
blackened: valid Words With Friends Word