blacken - Definition from the COLOURS topic - COLOURS AND SOUNDS

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blacken
verb

black‧en

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1 [intransitive and transitive]CC to become black, or make something black:

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The thunder became louder and the sky blackened.

2

blacken somebody's name/character/reputation

to say unpleasant things about someone in order to make other people have a bad opinion of them

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