Black
verbAdjective
extremely dark
“a black moonless night”
“through the pitch-black woods”
Similar:Pitch-blackPitch-darkstemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
“black deeds”
“a black lie”
“his black heart has concocted yet another black deed”
soiled with dirt or soot
“with feet black from playing outdoors”
“his shirt was black within an hour”
Similar:Smutty(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
“Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands”
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
“a face black with fury”
Similar:Blackeneddistributed or sold illicitly
“the black economy pays no taxes”
offering little or no hope
“the future looked black”
harshly ironic or sinister
“black humor”
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
“black leather jackets”
“as black as coal”
“rich black soil”
See also:Darkmarked by anger or resentment or hostility
“black looks”
“black words”
(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
“black propaganda”
of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
“a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization”
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
Noun
total absence of light
“in the black of night”
Similar:BlacknessLightlessnessblack clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
“the widow wore black”
Type of:WearHabilimentVesturethe quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
Similar:BlacknessInkinessa person with African ancestry,
Type of:SoulIndividualMortalpopular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
(board games) the darker pieces
Type of:ManPiece
Verb
make or become black
“The smoke blackened the ceiling”
“The ceiling blackened”
Similar:BlackenMelaniseMelanizeType of:DiscolourColorColour
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- ENABLE Dictionary
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- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA
Similar Words
- Blacken
- Melanise
- Melanize
- Disgraceful
- Ignominious
- Inglorious
- Opprobrious
- Shameful
- Blackness
- Inkiness
- Pitch-black
- Pitch-dark
- Dark
- Sinister
- Blackened