αμαυρώνω — meaning in English

English meaning

• blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
• tarnish noun A dull discoloured film that forms on the surface of a metal, especially one exposed to air.

Senses

αμαυρώνω is used for these senses in English:

• spoil (transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable. [from 16th c.]
• spoil (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]
• tarnish (transitive) To compromise, damage, soil, or sully.

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.

spoil — full definition

1. verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
2. verb To indulge someone, especially a child, so much that it damages their character.
3. verb (of food) To go bad.
4. noun Plunder or loot taken by force, often in the phrase "the spoils of war."

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