Hyphenation of blacken

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word blacken? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

black-en

Definitions of blacken:

1.	Make or become black The smoke blackened the ceiling The ceiling blackened
2.	Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color The cook blackened the chicken breast The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece The flames scorched the ceiling

Synonyms of blacken:

verb	melanize, melanise, nigrify, black, discolor, discolour, colour, color
verb	char, scorch, burn

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.