charred

Verb

Verb Forms: charred, charring, chars

• Partially burned or scorched, leaving a blackened surface.
• burn to charcoal
• burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  • "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"
• simple past and past participle of char

Adj

• Burnt, carbonized.

Examples

• His strategy for winning was charred by his opponent’s unexpected triple-word play in Scrabble.

Synonyms

blacken, char, coal, scorch, sear, blackened