Blacked vs. Blackened — What's the Difference?

Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.

To make black.

Having little or no light

To sully or defame

Of or belonging to a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin

To coat (fish or meat, for example) with pepper and other spices and then quickly sear in a very hot skillet, thereby producing meat that is black on the outside but tender on the inside.

Of or belonging to an American ethnic group descended from African peoples having dark skin; African American.

To become dark or black

Very dark in color

Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:

Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a black diamond, indicating a high level of difficulty.

(food) charred.

Soiled, as from soot; dirty

(steel) blued.

Evil; wicked

Simple past tense and past participle of blacken

Cheerless and depressing; gloomy

Darkened by smoke;

Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor

(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood;

Marked by anger or sullenness

Attended with disaster; calamitous

Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor

Wearing clothing of the darkest visual hue

Served without milk or cream

Appearing to emanate from a source other than the actual point of origin. Used chiefly of intelligence operations

Disclosed, for reasons of security, only to an extremely limited number of authorized persons; very highly classified

Chiefly British Boycotted as part of a labor union action.

The achromatic color value of minimum lightness or maximum darkness; the color of objects that absorb nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; one extreme of the neutral gray series, the opposite being white. Although strictly a response to zero stimulation of the retina, the perception of black appears to depend on contrast with surrounding color stimuli.

A pigment or dye having this color value.

Complete or almost complete absence of light; darkness.

Clothing of the darkest hue, especially such clothing worn for mourning.

A member of a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin.

An American descended from peoples of African origin having brown to black skin; an African American.

Something that is colored black.

The black-colored pieces, as in chess or checkers.

The player using these pieces.

The condition of making or operating at a profit

To make black

To apply blacking to

Chiefly British To boycott as part of a labor union action.

To become black.

Simple past tense and past participle of black