Usage Note
noircir is derived from noir (black) and follows the regular -ir conjugation pattern. It can be used literally (la fumée noircit les murs — smoke blackens the walls) or figuratively, as in noircir le tableau (to paint a bleak picture, to exaggerate the negative).
Examples
"La fumée a noirci les murs."
Natural Translation
The smoke blackened the walls.

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