melanize

Verb

Meaning

convert into, or infiltrate with melanin

make or become black

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

black blacken melanise cork smut char ink smoke shadow shade soot blot blackened darken denigrate
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Antonyms

white whiten honor bleach lighten big number
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Hypernyms

convert color colour discolor discolour

Examples

The smoke blackened the ceiling Source: Internet

The ceiling blackened Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Melanitta nigra Melanitta perspicillata melanization melanized melanizing melano-