to blacken
1blacken someone's reputation — blacken someone’s reputation/name/character/ phrase to do or say something that you know will harm someone’s reputation He accused his opponents of trying to blacken his name. Thesaurus: to harm someone s reputationsynonym Main entry …
2blacken someone's name — blacken someone’s reputation/name/character/ phrase to do or say something that you know will harm someone’s reputation He accused his opponents of trying to blacken his name. Thesaurus: to harm someone s reputationsynonym Main entry …
3blacken someone's character — blacken someone’s reputation/name/character/ phrase to do or say something that you know will harm someone’s reputation He accused his opponents of trying to blacken his name. Thesaurus: to harm someone s reputationsynonym Main entry …
4Blacken — Black en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blackening}.] [See {Black}, a., and cf. {Black}, v. t. ] 1. To make or render black. [1913 Webster] While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To make dark; to… …
5blacken — [v1] darken befoul, begrime, blot, cloud, deepen, ebonize, grow dark, grow dim, ink, make dark, shade, smudge, soil; concept 250 Ant. bleach, lighten, whiten blacken [v2] malign; smear asperse, attack, bad mouth*, blot, blotch, calumniate, decry …
6blacken — [blak′ən] vi. [ME blaknen < blak, BLACK] to become black or dark vt. 1. to make black; darken 2. to hurt or damage by slander, libel, etc. [to blacken a reputation] blackener n …
7Blacken — Black en, v. i. To grow black or dark. [1913 Webster] …
8blacken — index brand (stigmatize), deface, defame, denigrate, denounce (condemn), derogate, disgrace …
9blacken one's good name — index denigrate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10Blacken — Blacken, fjord i den vestlige del af den svenske sø Mälaren …
