blackened

Meanings

• make or become black
  • "The smoke blackened the ceiling"
  • "The ceiling blackened"
• burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  • "The cook blackened the chicken breast"
• darkened by smoke
  • "blackened rafters"
• (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood

Synonyms

black, blacken, char, melanise, melanize, nigrify, scorch, sear