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| Main Entry: | blacken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | darken |
| Synonyms: | befoul, blot, cloud, deepen, shade, smudge, soil, begrime, ebonize, grow dark, grow dim, ink, make dark |
| Antonyms: | bleach, lighten, whiten |
| Main Entry: | blacken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | malign; smear |
| Synonyms: | attack, bad-mouth*, blot, blotch, calumniate, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, dishonor, knock*, libel, malign, rip*, slander, slur, smudge, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, traduce, vilify, asperse, do a number on, give a black eye, rip up and down |
| Antonyms: | compliment, enhance, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bruise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break blood vessel; discolor |
| Synonyms: | batter, beat, black, blacken, blemish, crush, damage, deface, injure, mar, mark, pound, pulverize, wound, zing*, bang up, bung up, contuse, do a number on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | darken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become shaded, unlit |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, blacken, deepen, dim, eclipse, fog, gray, haze, murk, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, tone down*, cloud over, cloud up, make dim |
| Antonyms: | brighten, illuminate, lighten, whiten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inflict libel or slander |
| Synonyms: | bad-mouth*, belie, besmirch, blacken, blister, calumniate, denigrate, detract, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, knock, malign, pan*, roast, scandalize, scorch, slam, smear, stigmatize, traduce, vilify, vituperate, asperse, cast aspersions on, cast slur on, do a number on, put zingers on, speak evil of, throw mud at, villainize |
| Antonyms: | approve, commend, compliment, exalt, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | denigrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle, malign |
| Synonyms: | besmirch, blacken, blister, calumniate, decry, defame, disparage, impugn, knock*, libel, put down*, revile, roast*, run down*, scandalize, slander, tear down*, traduce, vilify, asperse, bad mouth, dis, give black eye, mudsling, rip up |
| Antonyms: | boost, cherish, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be soiled |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blotch, blur, botch, coat, contaminate, corrupt, debase, decay, defile, discolor, foul, grime, mess up, mold, muddy, pollute, rot, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, sweat, taint, tarnish, begrime, besoil, draggle, encrust, make dusty, make impure, smutch, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | malign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slander, defame |
| Synonyms: | abuse, accuse, backbite*, bad-mouth*, befoul, besmirch, blacken, calumniate, curse, decry, defile, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dirty*, disparage, harm, injure, insult, misrepresent, pollute, rap, revile, roast*, run down*, scandalize, slur, smear, soil, spatter*, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify, vituperate, asperse, bespatter, cast aspersion, mudsling, opprobriate, speak ill of, take a swipe at, villainize |
| Antonyms: | praise, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scorch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
| Synonyms: | bake, blacken, blister, broil, char, cook, melt, parch, roast, scald, sear, seethe, shrivel, simmer, singe, stale, stew, swelter, wither |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shut out the light |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, blacken, cloud, conceal, cover, darken, deepen, dim, eclipse, gray, hide, mute, obscure, overshadow, protect, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shutter, tone down, umbrage, veil, be overcast, cast a shadow, cloud over, cloud up, inumbrate |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color hue is the quality of a color that makes it possible to call it bluish green, etc. (the color of a color); shade is a color variation having to do with the value of a hue (lightness or darkness), and tint is a pale variation of a color |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | singe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blaze, brand, brown, cauterize, char, cook, flame, ignite, incinerate, parch, scald, scorch, sear, toast, torch |
| Main Entry: | smudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smear, dirty |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blotch, blur, daub, defile, foul, grime, mark, plaster, slop, smirch, soil, spatter, sully, taint, tarnish, begrime |
| Antonyms: | clean |
| Main Entry: | stain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, taint |
| Synonyms: | bastardize, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, color, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debase, debauch, defile, demoralize, deprave, discolor, disgrace, dye, mark, pervert, smear, smudge, soil, spot, sully, tarnish, tinge, tint, animalize, bestialize, brutalize, drag through the mud, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean |
| Main Entry: | sully |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soil, stain |
| Synonyms: | besmirch, blacken, blot, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, dirty, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, mark, smear, smudge, spot, taint, tarnish, drag through the mud, make unclean, tar |
| Main Entry: | taint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, contaminate; ruin |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blight, blot, blur, brand, cloud, cook, corrupt, crumble, cut, damage, debase, decay, decompose, defile, deprave, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disintegrate, doctor, foul, harm, hurt, infect, muddy, poison, pollute, putrefy, rot, shame, smear, soil, spike, spoil, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, trash*, turn, water, water down, break down, cast a slur, crud up, give a bad name, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tarnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | befoul, blacken, blemish, blot, contaminate, damage, darken, defame, defile, dim, discolor, disgrace, dull, embarrass, grime, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, muddy, pale, pollute, rust, slander, smear, smudge, soil, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, vitiate, begrime, lose luster, lose shine, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, fix, polish, uncorrupt |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
| Synonyms: | adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, wash, chalk, fresco, pinken, variegate |
| Antonyms: | discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | slur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insult |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blemish, blister, blot, brand, calumniate, cap, chop*, cut up*, defame, denigrate, detract, discredit, disgrace, insinuate, libel, malign, miff, offend, push, put down*, reproach, roast*, scorch*, slander, slight, smear*, snub, spatter, stain, tear down, traduce, vilify, zing*, blow off*, cut to the quick, dump on, give a black eye, hit where one lives, kick in the teeth, skin alive, slap in the face |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tarnish a reputation |
| Synonyms: | bad-mouth*, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blackguard*, blister, calumniate, defame, defile, denigrate, discolor, hit*, libel, malign, pan*, rap*, scorch*, slam*, slander, slur, sully, taint, traduce, vilify, asperse, drag through mud, give a black eye, poor-mouth, rip up, sling mud |
| Antonyms: | honor, laud, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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