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To make or grow dark, dim, or indistinct
To make dirty or sooty
To damage the reputation of, especially with libelous statements
To burn so or sear the surface of something
To decrease the value, character, or quality of
To make or become angry, unhappy, or gloomy
To make, or cause to be, blur or dim
To lose or cause to lose luster, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture
To give color to
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Verb
▲
To make or grow dark, dim, or indistinct
darkens
dims
shadows
obscures
overshadows
beclouds
bedims
befogs
blears
blurs
clouds
dislimns
fogs
hazes
mists
overcasts
overclouds
shades
shrouds
deepens
dusks
lours
blacks out
clouds over
grows black
makes darker
makes dim
grows blacker
grows dark
grows darker
grows dim
becomes black
fuzzes up
makes dark
turns black
eclipses
veils
obfuscates
murks
adumbrates
grays
US
greys
UK
dulls
cloaks
screens
blots out
casts a shadow over
glooms
muddies
films
envelops
closes in
masks
conceals
obnubilates
benights
becomes cloudy
becomes shaded
mantles
becomes gloomy
becomes overcast
shields
blocks out
showers
tarnishes
bedarkens
fades
mists over
grows leaden
extinguishes
becomes leaden
inumbrates
shelters
overhangs
umbrages
clouds up
blocks off the light to
casts a shadow on
envelops in shadow
hides
makes black
makes blacker
tones down
obstructs
covers
enshrouds
blankets
blocks
buries
camouflages
disguises
suppresses
encases
curtains
obliterates
ensconces
stonewalls
bemists
caches
puts out of sight
pettifogs
belies
blanks out
hinders
occults
papers over
covers up
keeps out of sight
wraps
blinds
more ❯
“Soon, war clouds would
blacken
the horizon.”
Verb
▲
To make dirty or sooty
dirties
befouls
begrimes
grimes
soils
stains
darkens
bemires
besmirches
blacks
daubs
distains
fouls
gaums
mires
mucks
muddies
smirches
smudges
sullies
contaminates
pollutes
shades
ebonizes
inks
makes black
makes dirty
makes smoky
makes sooty
makes dark
makes darker
smears
tarnishes
spots
taints
defiles
discolours
UK
marks
spoils
discolors
US
blemishes
spatters
corrupts
tars
injures
blots
bespatters
ruins
blotches
splatters
splashes
denigrates
debases
damages
messes up
makes impure
bedaubs
disgraces
makes filthy
clouds
adulterates
streaks
bruises
tinges
defaces
blights
besoils
gets dirty
coats
encrusts
draggles
smutches
gets filthy
besmears
makes muddy
mucks up
slushes
makes dusty
cakes with dirt
vilifies
debauches
makes mucky
makes unclean
swartens
makes grimy
anoints
poisons
paints
bloodies
infects
undermines
covers
vitiates
cakes with mud
desecrates
cakes with soil
fades
roils
murks
riles
beclouds
disfigures
rusts
chars
makes black and blue
makes murky
bleaches
weathers
hits
makes cloudy
makes blacker
clouds up
punches
contuses
maculates
washes out
musses
messes
dots
splotches
flecks
splodges
specks
musses up
slops
plasters
stripes
blobs
impairs
speckles
dapples
marbles
touches
mottles
scars
stipples
sprinkles
freckles
peppers
shoots
slabbers
sploshes
flaws
scratches
compromises
mangles
degrades
dents
scorches
harms
alloys
scatters
hurts
studs
litters
trashes
wrecks
maims
besprinkles
crabs
breaks
endamages
crosses up
dyes
colors
US
dulls
spreads
bedabbles
bespeckles
festers
radioactivates
plashes
dashes
mutilates
deforms
bestuds
patches
dusts
variegates
colours
UK
profanes
detracts from
infests
toxifies
imprints
scuzzes up
covers with blotches
makes foul
pits
impresses
notches
sows
strews
bestrews
sprays
chips
cuts
gashes
scrapes
nicks
scores
pimples
chalks
blazes
checks
strokes
devastates
crushes
smashes
cripples
upsets
shatters
weakens
demolishes
vandalizes
US
undoes
guts
destroys
sabotages
disrupts
ravages
annihilates
totals
disfeatures
razes
detracts
warps
queers
dings
tweaks
bends
fouls up
splits
maltreats
disintegrates
abuses
scathes
lacerates
cracks
tears
vandalises
UK
knocks
burns
rots
gnaws
dismantles
wrongs
corrodes
stabs
plays havoc with
wreaks havoc on
wears away
bangs up
tampers with
does damage to
drives a nail into the coffin of
plays merry hell with
smashes up
louses up
shakes up
roughs up
puts a damper on
more ❯
“Over time, the soot would
blacken
the light orange-red brick of old masonry masterpieces.”
Verb
▲
To damage the reputation of, especially with libelous statements
defames
disgraces
slanders
sullies
tarnishes
traduces
blots
discredits
maligns
smears
stains
taints
vilifies
besmirches
censures
degrades
dishonours
UK
knocks
rubbishes
slurs
befouls
calumniates
decries
denigrates
disparages
reproaches
soils
asperses
besmears
damages
defiles
injures
libels
smirches
spoils
spots
attacks
blotches
dishonors
US
rips
breathes on
brings discredit to
drags through the mire
drags through the mud
bad-mouths
brings into disrepute
slags off
speaks ill of
does a number on
gives a black eye
rips up and down
stigmatizes
US
stigmatises
UK
shames
debases
scandalizes
US
scandalises
UK
gives a bad name
derogates
does a hatchet job on
lowers
brings shame on
belittles
flings mud at
slings mud at
reviles
blemishes
reflects badly on
casts aspersions on
blackens the name of
spreads scandal about
assails
runs down
muckrakes
vilipends
slights
disrespects
tears down
casts a slur on
brings shame upon
embarrasses
speaks evil of
derides
reduces
detracts
blisters
runs smear campaign
tars and feathers
takes down
roasts
throws mud at
humiliates
insults
brings shame to
abases
demeans
humbles
scorches
gives a bad name to
chastens
cheapens
misrepresents
poisons
drags down
slams
pans
impugns
puts down
tells lies about
dumps on
backbites
puts in a bad light
brings dishonour to
shows in a bad light
spreads lies about
blackens the reputation of
brands
debauches
vituperates
snubs
fouls
runs a smear campaign against
undermines
makes lose face
drags someone's name through the mud
sullies the reputation of
blasphemes
harms
darkens
touches
depraves
depreciates
slates
offends
criticizes
US
deprecates
hurts
blights
abuses
belies
corrupts
disses
diminishes
villainizes
burlesques
caricatures
demonizes
US
demonises
UK
badmouths
sinks
criticises
UK
mortifies
prejudices
blackens the character of
desecrates
reflects negatively
ruins
casts a slur
slings mud
pulls apart
blackens someone's name
pours scorn on
pulls to pieces
has a go at
lowers the status of
rips up
damages the reputation of
takes down a peg
writes false reports about
spreads tales about
drags name through mud
conducts a smear campaign against
muddies the reputation of
speaks badly of
casts in a bad light
marks wrong
harms the reputation of
lampoons
accuses
vitiates
slags
gossips about
lies about
devalues
destroys
puts zingers on
casts slur on
blackguards
compromises
drags through mud
trashes
minimizes
US
reduces the status of
dismisses
bastardizes
US
bastardises
UK
perverts
brutalizes
US
demoralizes
US
brutalises
UK
demoralises
UK
discounts
zings
insinuates
tars
bemeans
downgrades
minimises
UK
casts aspersion
accuses falsely
cuts up
skins alive
mocks
attaints
ridicules
disfavors
US
disfavours
UK
disregards
owns
brings low
brings down
cuts to the quick
trash-talks
bad mouths
plays down
gives black eye
writes off
cries down
criticizes unfairly
talks down
kisses off
hits where one lives
cuts down
shoots down
casts down
shows up
puts someone in their place
causes to lose face
loses face
makes someone eat crow
takes down a peg or two
cuts down to size
blots your copybook
condemns
lambastes
denounces
berates
hammers
bashes
pillories
monsters
skewers
pummels
US
bags
raps
sneers
contemns
strumpets
plasters
hits
curses
digs
jinxes
lays into
rails against
inveighs against
tears into
fulminates against
jumps on
throws brickbats at
hits out at
dresses down
calls down
rags on
does down
takes to pieces
blasts
savages
excoriates
finds fault with
castigates
crucifies
picks holes in
flames
scoffs at
scorns
rates
reprobates
hold cheap
flays
slashes
undervalues
detracts from
laces into
underrates
underestimates
sneers at
reprehends
scathes
mauls
gives a bad press to
pooh-poohs
objurgates
arraigns
belabors
US
lambasts
belabours
UK
dispraises
animadverts on
cavils at
carps at
misprizes
nitpicks about
reprimands
chastises
upbraids
vituperates against
trivializes
US
disapproves of
faults
reproves
deflates
rebukes
gives some stick to
scolds
trivialises
UK
sledges
potshots
treats lightly
gives flak to
marginalizes
US
minifies
marginalises
UK
blames
makes light of
disdains
taunts
takes apart
tears to pieces
bawls out
finds fault
execrates
pitches into
denunciates
criticizea severely
throws shade
despises
nit-picks
downplays
chews out
bags on
comes down on
tears to shreds
picks to pieces
scoffs
sells short
chides
harangues
deplores
slangs
lashes
rants at
skins
anathematizes
laughs off
laughs at
gives something a battering
takes to task
tongue-lashes
picks at
tears a strip off
nitpicks over
finds lacking
teases
carpets
rails
jeers
girds
lessens
miscalls
nitpicks
carps
judges
lectures
rags
rejects
keelhauls
treats disrespectfully
bastes
scores
thinks little of
calls names
jaws
reads the riot act
gives someone bondi
gets at
tells off
takes a swipe at
lights into
tears off a strip
nags at
passes strictures upon
looks down one's nose at
passes judgment
tears apart
take issue with
gives something a bad press
reams out
objects to
rails at
takes exception to
speaks of with disfavour
gets angry with
has a pop at
affronts
scourges
annoys
provokes
spites
backstabs
gossips
lies
outrages
aggravates
lashes out at
wounds
poormouths
understates
squashes
devaluates
questions
upsets
squelches
cavils
nags
crushes
makes fun of
mistrusts
repudiates
comments negatively
slaps
persecutes
oppresses
gibes
twits
objects
discommends
frowns
makes little of
disapproves
expostulates
fustigates
lashes into
growls
riles
rides
hoses
proscribes
abhors
goes for the jugular
clobbers
disobliges
irritates
puts hooks in
gives someone hell
gives a tongue-lashing
takes
fluffs
slugs
trims
slogs
inveighs
zaps
gives comeuppance
knocks off high horse
writes down
animadverts upon
talks trash
detests
weighs into
gives someone a bad press
jeers at
blows off
cusses out
shouts at
swears at
animadverts
knocks off
puts away
complains
snipes at
complains about
gives someone a roasting
gives someone a dressing-down
gives offence to
shoots full of holes
takes dim view of
argues against
canes
sails into
gives the business
cuts to bits
gives bad press
holds forth against
ties into
causes offence to
yells at
rips into
beats up on
declaims
prosecutes
barks at
marks down
takes away
messes with
calls out
impeaches
ostracizes
US
charges with
ostracises
UK
declaims against
indicts
cuts dead
finds unacceptable
hurts somebody's feelings
discountenances
spurns
takes swipe at
throws stones at
steps on one's toes
raves at
criticizes harshly
frowns on
looks askance at
clamors against
condescends
takes a dim view of
protests against
looks down on
deigns
knocks down
gives a rocket
hauls over the coals
more ❯
“The administration is so wedded to spin and manipulation that it is seeking to
blacken
a decent man's reputation.”
Verb
▲
To burn so or sear the surface of something
scorches
sears
burns
singes
chars
grills
toasts
cooks
discolors
US
discolours
UK
fries
bakes
barbecues
brands
crisps
roasts
broils
seals
browns
blisters
torrefies
blasts
boils
crisps up
cauterizes
US
cauterises
UK
scalds
carbonizes
US
calcines
carbonises
UK
flames
sizzles
tans
solders
burns up
parches
ignites
torches
blazes
incinerates
charbroils
sautes
barbeques
chargrills
BBQs
rotisseries
charcoals
heats
griddles
panfries
cooks over an open pit
deep-fries
fries up
frizzles
fricassees
cooks outdoors
pan fries
simmers
charcoal-broils
cooks up
whips up
excoriates
criticises
UK
parboils
hurts
injures
damages
criticizes
US
blanches
more ❯
Verb
▲
To decrease the value, character, or quality of
debases
degrades
demeans
corrupts
abases
vitiates
cheapens
perverts
subverts
depraves
harms
lowers
tarnishes
deteriorates
warps
debauches
poisons
damages
blemishes
smirches
chastens
devalues
bastardises
UK
bastardizes
US
undermines
lessens
fouls
profanes
demoralises
UK
demoralizes
US
prostitutes
cripples
cankers
bemeans
debilitates
devaluates
takes down
casts down
drags down
lowers the status of
drags through the mud
reduces the status of
defiles
pollutes
sullies
taints
contaminates
spoils
adulterates
stains
darkens
soils
besmirches
vulgarizes
US
bestializes
vulgarises
UK
brutalizes
US
brutalises
UK
demotes
abuses
stoops
descends
sinks
shames
disgraces
distorts
weakens
dilutes
depreciates
mongrelizes
reduces
diminishes
dehumanizes
US
injures
mortifies
derogates
dehumanises
UK
puts down
brings shame to
cuts down to size
tears down
shoots down
runs down
takes down a peg
cuts down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make or become angry, unhappy, or gloomy
darkens
dejects
saddens
becomes gloomy
makes gloomy
oppresses
upsets
becomes angry
becomes annoyed
becomes depressed
becomes unhappy
casts down
clouds
makes angry
makes annoyed
makes depressed
makes unhappy
becomes cast down
becomes dejected
becomes dispirited
becomes troubled
makes dispirited
makes troubled
weighs down
detracts from
goes crook
grows troubled
dampens the spirits of
casts a gloom upon
casts a pall over
Verb
▲
To make, or cause to be, blur or dim
blurs
obscures
bedims
befogs
dims
beclouds
blears
clouds
fogs
muddles
obfuscates
smudges
darkens
dislimns
fades
hazes
masks
mists
muddies
shrouds
unfocuses
unfocusses
besmears
blinds
blots
conceals
garbles
shades
shadows
smears
spots
stains
blemishes
dazes
dazzles
discolours
UK
discolors
US
distorts
glares
hides
overcasts
overclouds
overshadows
taints
tarnishes
confuses
makes indistinct
clouds over
makes vague
becomes dim
becomes indistinct
fuzzes up
mixes up
makes hazy
makes unclear
becomes fuzzy
becomes hazy
becomes less sharp
becomes vague
makes less distinct
muddies the waters
fuzzes
represses
complicates
convolutes
confounds
misrepresents
mystifies
mires
fuddles
colors
US
befuddles
equivocates
falsifies
colours
UK
muddies the waters of
clouds the issue
throws up smoke screen
throws a veil over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To lose or cause to lose luster, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture
tarnishes
corrodes
deteriorates
discolors
US
discolours
UK
oxidises
UK
oxidizes
US
rusts
stains
dulls
becomes discoloured
becomes dull
darkens
becomes black
loses luster
loses lustre
loses shine
loses its lustre
loses its shine
Verb
▲
To give color to
colours
UK
colors
US
paints
dyes
stains
glosses
shades
tints
washes
blushes
flushes
glazes
imbues
infuses
pigments
tinctures
tinges
tones
crimsons
daubs
emblazons
lacquers
suffuses
adorns
bepaints
blooms
chalks
crayons
enamels
frescoes
gilds
glows
burns
illuminates
rouges
colours in
darkens
stipples
variegates
reddens
pinkens
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