noircir — meaning in English

English meaning

• blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
• denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.

Senses

noircir is used for these senses in English:

• black out (transitive) To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.
• blacken (intransitive, ergative) To become black.
• blacken (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
• blacken To defame or sully.
• denigrate (rare) To blacken.

blacken — full definition

1. verb To make something black or turn black.
2. verb To damage someone's reputation; to defame.
3. verb To cook fish or meat by coating it in spices and searing it quickly in a hot pan.

denigrate — full definition

1. verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
2. verb To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.

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