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black
(bl/&/k )

adjective (a)

  • being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light(adj.all)
    Example:
    Black leather jackets.
    As black as coal.
    Rich black soil.
    source: wordnet30
  • of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin(adj.all)
    Example:
    A great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.
    source: wordnet30
  • Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    blackness, inkiness
    Antonym:
    white, whiteness
    source: wordnet30
  • total absence of light(noun.state)
    Example:
    In the black of night.
    Synonym:
    blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness
    source: wordnet30
  • British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    joseph black
    source: wordnet30
  • popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    shirley temple, shirley temple black
    source: wordnet30
  • a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    black person, blackamoor, negro, negroid
    source: wordnet30
  • (board games) the darker pieces(noun.artifact)
    Antonym:
    white
    source: wordnet30
  • black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    The widow wore black.
    source: wordnet30
  • That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • marked by anger or resentment or hostility(adj.all)
    Example:
    Black looks.
    Black words.
    source: wordnet30
  • offering little or no hope(adj.all)
    Example:
    The future looked black.
    Synonym:
    bleak, dim
    source: wordnet30
  • stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable(adj.all)
    Example:
    Black deeds.
    A black lie.
    His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.
    Synonym:
    dark, sinister
    source: wordnet30
  • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin(adj.all)
    Example:
    The stock market crashed on Black Friday.
    Synonym:
    calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
    source: wordnet30
  • (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood(adj.all)
    Example:
    A face black with fury.
    Synonym:
    blackened
    source: wordnet30
  • extremely dark(adj.all)
    Example:
    A black moonless night.
    Through the pitch-black woods.
    Synonym:
    pitch-black, pitch-dark
    source: wordnet30
  • harshly ironic or sinister(adj.all)
    Example:
    Black humor.
    Synonym:
    grim, mordant
    source: wordnet30
  • (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading(adj.all)
    Example:
    Black propaganda.
    source: wordnet30
  • distributed or sold illicitly(adj.all)
    Example:
    The black economy pays no taxes.
    Synonym:
    black-market, bootleg, contraband, smuggled
    source: wordnet30
  • (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame(adj.all)
    Example:
    Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands.
    Synonym:
    disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
    source: wordnet30
  • (of coffee) without cream or sugar(adj.all)
    source: wordnet30
  • soiled with dirt or soot(adj.all)
    Example:
    With feet black from playing outdoors.
    His shirt was black within an hour.
    Synonym:
    smutty
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • make or become black(verb.change)
    Example:
    The smoke blackened the ceiling.
    The ceiling blackened.
    Synonym:
    blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify
    Antonym:
    white, whiten
    source: wordnet30
  • To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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