Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blacked up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
blacked up
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made to look more racially black (i.e. African-American) in nature.

Informal

adj

Wearing blackface.

Dated; Offensive

verb

simple past and past participle of black up

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

more blacked up (comparative) most blacked up (superlative) blacked-up (alternative)

Synonyms

blackenised blackenized

Questions

What does blacked up mean?
Made to look more racially black (i.e. African-American) in nature.

How to pronounce blacked up

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