BLACKENED
Dictionary entry overview: What does blackened mean? • BLACKENED (adjective)
The adjective BLACKENED has 2 senses:
1. darkened by smoke
2. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
Familiarity information: BLACKENED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLACKENED (adjective)
Meaning:
Darkened by smoke
Context example:
blackened rafters
Similar:
smoky (marked by or emitting or filled with smoke)
Meaning:
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
Synonyms:
blackened; black
Context example:
a face black with fury
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
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