Synonym Game

blackened

[blak-uhnd]

black·ened

[blak-uhnd]
adjective
(especially of fish) coated with spices and sautéed quickly over high heat so that the outside chars.
un·black·ened, adjective

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Blackened is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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black·en

[blak-uhn]
verb (used with object)
1.
to make black; darken.
2.
to speak evil of; defame: to blacken a person's reputation.
verb (used without object)
3.
to grow or become black.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see black, -en1

black·en·er, noun


2. denigrate, smear, slander, villify, libel, traduce, calumniate.

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blackened

adjective
1. darkened by smoke; "blackened rafters" 
2. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury" [syn: black
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