blackener

  • 11traducer — n 1. maligner, defamer, calumniator, slanderer, libeler, misrepresenter, liar, Inf. hatchet man; vilifier, asperser, denigrator, smearer, backbiter; defiler, vitiator, blackener, besmircher, mud or dirt flinger. 2. impugner, impeacher, attacker,… …

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  • 12blacken — [c]/ˈblækən/ (say blakuhn) verb (blackened, blackening) –verb (t) 1. to make black; darken. 2. to speak evil of; defame. –verb (i) 3. to grow or become black. –blackened, adjective –blackener, noun …

  • 13blacken — [blak′ən] vi. [ME blaknen < blak, BLACK] to become black or dark vt. 1. to make black; darken 2. to hurt or damage by slander, libel, etc. [to blacken a reputation] blackener n …

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