1
as in stains
to make dirty
blackened the towels with their dirty hands
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2
as in libels
to make untrue and harmful statements about
the politician maliciously blackened his opponent's reputation
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3
as in darkens
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
thick smoke from the forest fires blackened the sky for many miles
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackens
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Blood still regularly stains the floors of the Coliseum’s rings.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Yet this uncertainty comes as the global outlook darkens — both in economic and geopolitical terms.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Blocking the sunlight also darkens his living spaces.—
Roxana Popescu,
Mercury News,
11 Aug. 2025
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The treacle, in any case, obscures noble intentions.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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All that cash just obscures the dysfunction Obamacare has let loose in our health insurance market.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There’s always a moment in which somebody humiliates the villain and now all the love in him is gone.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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And Sacks, a PayPal Mafia member and veteran Silicon Valley investor, is just the sort of titan of industry this town routinely devours and humiliates — from Rex Tillerson to, well, Elon Musk.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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When not in the heavy stage makeup that blurs the lines between Kikuo and Shunsuke, there is a slight coldness to his affect, especially compared to Yokohama’s more extroverted performance, which constantly calls into question the sincerity of his sentiments.—
Ryan Swen,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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The use of blockchain effectively blurs these boundaries and merges them into one.—
Ozan Ozerk,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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In its weekly online newsletter, which reaches and inspires jihadists across the globe, the group routinely maligns Shara and the new government and calls for soldiers in the Syrian military to defect.—
Caroline Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Sep. 2025
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Dim sunlight smudges skies for only a few hours in the depth of winter.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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But the latest inflation data, where both hiring slowed and prices rose, muddies the picture.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Blackens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackens. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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