Blackened (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Darkened by smoke; "blackened rafters".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The fire had ravaged the building, leaving the walls and roof blackened and charred.
- Years of exposure to pollutants had blackened the historic stone façade, erasing its original details.
- The crew struggled to reach the blackened cargo holds, where the fire had been burning hottest.
- After the tavern had burned down, only the blackened remains of its wooden sign remained.
- In the abandoned factory, blackened pipes and machinery loomed like sculptures, eerie and foreboding.
Meaning 2
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- His face was blackened with rage as he threw the phone across the room.
- Her blackened visage was a testament to her unrelenting anger towards her former employer.
- The slave's blackened features seemed to age him beyond his years.
- The boxer's face was blackened and swollen after the brutal fight.
- After being insulted by her sister, her face became blackened with indignation.