😵 Dark from injury 🔥 Burned or darkened

blackened

5.6

Face made darker by injury, blood, or anger

adjective
/ˈblækənd/

: negruzco

Her face appeared blackened after crying, with streaks left by the tears.

Examples

The victim's face was blackened from the bruise he sustained in the accident.
There is no actual motion in this blackened heart.
And then of course, umm, try to highlight the plight of these, of the, of the blackened men by refusing to wash.
And then there are those other Trump supporters who do not have these vile hatreds in their blackened souls, but who are still willing to exploit and embrace those who do.
After running in the cold, his face was blackened from the chill and exertion.

Synonyms

dark

vsblackened

588 1.0

Having a deep brown or nearly black color

is a change to the face caused by blood or injury not inherent color

black

vsblackened

401 1.0

Covered in dirt or soot so it looks dark

is darkened from internal blood or emotion rather than external dirt

black-and-blue

vsblackened

2 3.2

Skin that has dark marks after a bruise

is darker from blood or strong feeling rather than only bruising

darkened

vsblackened

3.0

A material such as paper or cloth that becomes darker with age

is a sudden facial darkening from blood or injury rather than gradual fading

Antonyms

pale

291 1.0

Has very light color and often looks sick or afraid

How Dark

blackened

5.6

darkened

3.4

red

380 1.0

pink

43 1.0

Surface Forms

blackened positive

Morphology

blackened = blacken (transparent) = black + en + ed

Formed from 'black' + productive verbal suffix '-en' and adjectival/past participle '-ed'; though used metaphorically (face darkened by emotion), the derivation is straightforward.

Etymology

Blackened comes from the simple parts black and -en, where -en means 'to make'. So a face is called blackened when injury, blood, or a strong feeling makes the skin look dark.