blacken.
To cause to be or become black.
Meaning & usage
To cause to be or become black.
To become black.
The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.
To make dirty.
To defame or sully.
To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blaknen, blakkenen, equivalent to black + -en (verbal suffix).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.