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Synonyms & Antonyms of blackened
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- the church's blackened ceiling is the result of centuries of candle smoke
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- chaotic,
- cluttered,
- confused,
- disarranged,
- disarrayed,
- disheveled
- (or dishevelled),
- disordered,
- jumbled,
- littered,
- messed,
- messy,
- muddled,
- mussed,
- mussy,
- rumpled,
- scruffy,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- unkempt,
- untidy
- collied
- [chiefly British dialect],
- crocked
- [dialect],
- fuliginous,
- sooty
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blackened
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of blackened (Entry 2 of 2)
- blackened the towels with their dirty hands
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- confused,
- disarranged,
- disarrayed,
- disheveled
- (or dishevelled),
- disordered,
- draggled,
- jumbled,
- messed,
- muddled
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- the politician maliciously blackened his opponent's reputation
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- thick smoke from the forest fires blackened the sky for many miles
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- the auditorium blackened suddenly, and a spotlighted performer appeared alone on stage
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- brightened,
- lightened,
- lit
- (or lighted)
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“Blackened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackened. Accessed 3 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of blackened was in 1979
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