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Word entry · 9 letters

blackened

Best crossword clue

"Made dark"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted abcdeeklnStarts with BEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • A witness quoted by The Times described "the blackened faces of firemen sitting outside the station in the cold, drinking tea from local sandwich shops in complete silence".

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