blackened

[ blak-uhnd ]

adjective

1. (especially of fish) coated with spices and sautéed quickly over high heat so that the outside chars.

Other Word Forms

• un·blackened adjective

Example Sentences

"Without the insects and with burnt, blackened bare ground, they will not have the homes that they've flown here for," he said.

From BBC

Al-Sanobar, a well-appointed village named after its plentiful pine trees, is a ghost town, with many house fronts blackened with scorch marks.

From Los Angeles Times

The exhibition includes a blackened, withered lemon, 110 years old, which formed part of the evidence against Kurt Muller, caught spying for Germany in 1915.

From BBC

The level of destruction in central Khartoum is stunning: government ministries, banks and towering office blocks stand blackened and burned.

From BBC

Some visitors to the beach are aware that the blackened material is believed to be from the cargo ship Solong, which crashed into the tanker Stena Immaculate on 10 March.

From BBC

Related Words

• disheveled
• grimy
• grubby
• grungy
• muddy
• nasty
• soiled
• squalid