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1. Darkened by smoke
   "blackened rafters"
    
2. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
   "a face blackened with fury"
   - black

1. Make or become black
   "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
   - melanize, melanise [Brit], nigrify, black
    
2. Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect colour
   "The cook blackened the chicken breast"
   - char, sear, scorch

See also: colored [US], colorful [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], colourful [Brit, Cdn], smokey, smoky

Type of: burn, color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn]

Antonym: whiten

Encyclopedia: Blackened