blackened

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. fried with chili powder and seasoning, smoked, charred.

Example Sentences

a scandal that blackened the mayor's name.

His face was blackened with coal.

The sky blackened and soon it began to rain.

Cassie found it necessary to explain her blackened eye.

Ebony fingerboard, rosewood endpin, blackened tailpiece.

his blackened finger was testimony to the fact that he had played in pain.

One could see the blackened areas where the branches had rotted off.

her hideously charred and blackened features

It was a fine apartment in which we found ourselves, large, lofty, and heavily raftered with huge balks of age-blackened oak.

He landed catfooted on the blackened streak—still hot enough to scorch his boots—that his landing had gouged into the deck.

Blackened chicken and shrimp in a spity Jambalaya sauce with crawfish, Andouille sausage and Tasso ham served on linguini and topped with fresh scallions.

Real-world Examples

The fruit that wasn't blackened by the heat is contaminated by volcanic dust.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2021 Collection

Hagrid's nose was gently dripping blood. His eyes were both blackened.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The other blackened half, was on the floor.

Source: Theatrical play: Gulliver's Travels

More than 200 smokestacks blackened the sky to produce them.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

His right hand dangled over the side, blackened and burned.

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

" Yes indeed, " said Dumbledore, and he raised his blackened, burned-looking hand.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

But how risky was it to chow down on that blackened bread?

Source: Scishow Selected Series

Many of the blackened bodies were found stretched out on the green grass.

Source: NPR News January 2019 Compilation

Burnout, you might think of a candle's blackened, shriveled, worn-out wick.

Source: Psychology Mini Class

We're left with blackened spots surrounded by unburned trees in our cheetah forest.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

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