Blacken vs Dishonour - What's the difference?
blacken | dishonour | Synonyms |
To make black.
To make dirty.
To defame or sully.
To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
To become black.
Shame or disgrace.
Lack of honour or integrity.
(legal) Failure or refusal of the drawee or intended acceptor of a negotiable instrument, such as a bill of exchange or note, to accept it or, if it is accepted, to pay and retire it.
To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.
To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
To violate or rape.
Blacken is a synonym of dishonour.
As verbs the difference between blacken and dishonour
is that blacken is to make black while dishonour is to bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.As a noun dishonour is
shame or disgrace.blacken
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Verb
(en verb)- Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.
Synonyms
* (make black ): black, denigrate * (make dirty ): dirty, soil * (defame ): defame, denigrate, sully, taint, tarnishdishonour
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Alternative forms
* dishonorNoun
- You have brought dishonour upon the family.
Synonyms
*Verb
(en verb)- You have dishonoured the family.
