There he fell asleep, and while he slept, his wooden feet began to burn. Slowly, very slowly, they blackened and turned to ashes.
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Blackened
Synonyms for "blackened" (30 found)
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7 entriesappearance descriptorcooking techniquedarkenreputation damagesurface conditionsurface statesurface treatment
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14 entriesCollocations
7 entriesblackened crustblackened fishblackened metalblackened residueblackened steelblackened surfaceblackened wood
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- nigrita adj (darkened to the point blackness)
Spanish
1 entries- ennegrecido adj (darkened to the point blackness)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
And 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.
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When my lungs are not blackened by the cigarettes, they are by pollution.
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Stoked by drought-parched vegetation and triple-digit temperatures, the Carr Fire has killed six people, destroyed 1,567 homes and other structures and blackened 131,896 acres (53,376 hectares). It ranks as the sixth most destructive California wildfire on record.
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