blackening

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blackening noun

The act of turning black in colour; a black stain or mark.

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blackening verb

(causative) To cause to be or become black.
To become black.“The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.”
(causative) To make dirty.
To defame or sully.

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defame denigrate sully taint tarnish black dirty soil darkening disparaging discrediting blackenization browning ebonization albification burnish coloration coloring

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