blackened
Collocations
5ADJ.
busy, industrial, over, turned, weathered
VERB + BLACKENED
burnt, described, face, lamenting, pit, times
BLACKENED + NOUN
cigarettes, firemen, heart, skies, soot, sun, years
PREP.
with
ADV.
slowly
Definitions
adj
Darkened to the point of appearing black; as
[...] after journeying across pleasant agricultural countryside to Leicester and thence though the blackened and busy industrial area that stretches almost unbrokenly for over 100 miles from Trent through Rotherham and Leeds to Keighley, [...].
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".
Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6[...] after journeying across pleasant agricultural countryside to Leicester and thence though the blackened and busy industrial area that stretches almost unbrokenly for over 100 miles from Trent thr
WiktionaryA 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".
WiktionaryThere he fell asleep, and while he slept, his wooden feet began to burn. Slowly, very slowly, they blackened and turned to ashes.
Tatoeba · #2724500And among them rose the hero son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, lamenting: his blackened heart brimming over with rage, and his eyes like blazing fires.
Tatoeba · #5109394When my lungs are not blackened by the cigarettes, they are by pollution.
Tatoeba · #6579003How on earth could this pan become so burnt and blackened.
Tatoeba · #7910913