What does "nigrify" mean?

To make black in colour; to blacken.

What is a synonym for "nigrify"?

Common synonyms include: besmirch, blacken, blot, blotch, char, cork.

Nigrify

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb

1
To make black in colour; to blacken. transitive
"An adventurous London journalist, who is going to Abyssinia in advance of the expedition, tried to nigrify himself recently with tincture of iodine."

Synonyms

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besmirch blacken blot blotch char cork

Antonyms

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bleach lighten whiten

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"An adventurous London journalist, who is going to Abyssinia in advance of the expedition, tried to nigrify himself recently with tincture of iodine."

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