svärta ner — meaning in English

English meaning

• blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
• denigrate verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
• mar verb To spoil or damage something, often leaving a lasting flaw.

Senses

svärta ner is used for these senses in English:

• blacken To defame or sully.
• denigrate (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
• mar (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

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 someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
2. verb To treat someone or something as if they have little or no value.

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