anschwärzen — meaning in English

English meaning

• backbite verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
• blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
• denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.

Senses

anschwärzen is used for these senses in English:

• backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
• blacken To defame or sully.
• denigrate (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
• denigrate (rare) To blacken.

backbite — full definition

1. verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
2. verb To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
3. verb To speak badly of an absent individual.

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.

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