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Added 9 October 2026

blackened

adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about blackened at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Darkened by smoke.
blackened rafters
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood.
a face black with fury

Origin

From Middle English blakend, blakind, blakkenid, blakenid, equivalent to blacken + -ed.

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