v. 1 darken, smudge, begrime The chimney sweep's face was blackened with soot 2 slander, libel, asperse, cast aspersions on, traduce, smear, sully, soil, besmirch, taint, tarnish, defame, revile, malign, vilify, discredit, denigrate His article has blackened my reputation
BLACKEN
Meaning of BLACKEN in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012