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blacken

verb as in darken

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Because of a quibble on his part this loathsome thing would ruin his future, dash his hopes to the ground, blacken his life.

The river pool commenced to blacken, while flowering rushes tossed their shivering heads and murmured.

"Too bad of you to blacken me to her like that," remarked the judge.

They have done what they could to blacken his name; and to this day the shadow they have cast upon it in part remains.

These lawyers who are coming will blacken lots of paper, and talk a great deal of useless stuff.

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On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to blacken, such as: blot, smudge, befoul, begrime, cloud, and deepen.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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