черни́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• badmouth verb To criticize or speak ill of someone, often unfairly or behind their back.
• besmirch verb To make something dirty.
• blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
• char verb To burn something so that its surface turns black, or to burn it down to charcoal.
• denigrate verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.

Senses

черни́ть is used for these senses in English:

• badmouth (informal, transitive) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
• besmirch (transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
• blacken To defame or sully.
• char (ergative) To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
• denigrate (rare) To blacken.

besmirch — full definition

1. verb To make something dirty.
2. verb To damage or spoil something, especially a person's good name.

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