blackener
1Blackener — Black en*er, n. One who blackens. [1913 Webster] …
2blackener — noun see blacken …
3blackener — See blacken. * * * …
4blackener — n. slanderer, libeler …
5blackener — black·en·er …
6blackener — k(ə)nə(r) noun ( s) : a leather worker that brushes blackening compound onto the grain side of tanned hides called also blacker …
7blacken — blackener, n. /blak euhn/, v.t. 1. to make black; darken. 2. to speak evil of; defame: to blacken a person s reputation. v.i. 3. to grow or become black. [1250 1300; ME; see BLACK, EN1] Syn. 2. denigrate, smear, slander, villify, libel, traduce,… …
8blacken — verb (blackened; blackening) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to become dark or black < the sky blackens > transitive verb 1. to make black 2. defame, sully < blackened her reputat …
9devil's advocate — 1760, translating L. advocatus diaboli, one whose job it is to urge against the canonization of a candidate for sainthood. [F]ar from being the whitewasher of the wicked, the [devil s advocate] is the blackener of the good. [Fowler] …
10calumniator — n. Slanderer, maligner, traducer, defamer, vilifier, reviler, blackener, backbiter, libeller, detractor …
