- blackener
- noun see blacken
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
blackener
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Blackener — Black en*er, n. One who blackens. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blackener — See blacken. * * * … Universalium
blackener — n. slanderer, libeler … English contemporary dictionary
blackener — black·en·er … English syllables
blackener — k(ə)nə(r) noun ( s) : a leather worker that brushes blackening compound onto the grain side of tanned hides called also blacker … Useful english dictionary
blacken — blackener, n. /blak euhn/, v.t. 1. to make black; darken. 2. to speak evil of; defame: to blacken a person s reputation. v.i. 3. to grow or become black. [1250 1300; ME; see BLACK, EN1] Syn. 2. denigrate, smear, slander, villify, libel, traduce,… … Universalium
blacken — verb (blackened; blackening) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to become dark or black < the sky blackens > transitive verb 1. to make black 2. defame, sully < blackened her reputat … New Collegiate Dictionary
devil's advocate — 1760, translating L. advocatus diaboli, one whose job it is to urge against the canonization of a candidate for sainthood. [F]ar from being the whitewasher of the wicked, the [devil s advocate] is the blackener of the good. [Fowler] … Etymology dictionary
calumniator — n. Slanderer, maligner, traducer, defamer, vilifier, reviler, blackener, backbiter, libeller, detractor … New dictionary of synonyms
traducer — n 1. maligner, defamer, calumniator, slanderer, libeler, misrepresenter, liar, Inf. hatchet man; vilifier, asperser, denigrator, smearer, backbiter; defiler, vitiator, blackener, besmircher, mud or dirt flinger. 2. impugner, impeacher, attacker,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
