Black — synonyms, black antonyms, definition

1. black (a)

Cimmerian black as soot black-skinned bronzed brown-skinned cloudy coal black colored coloured contaminated dark dark-skinned defiled depressing desolate diabolic dim dingy dirty discouraging • • •

2. black (Noun)

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black (Noun) — British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799).

black (Noun) — A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa).

black (Noun) — Popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928).

black (Noun) — The quality or state of the achromatic colour of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white).

black (Noun) — Total absence of light. ex. "in the black of night"

black (Noun) — (board games) the darker pieces.

black (Noun) — Black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning). ex. "the widow wore black"

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3. black (Adjective)

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black (Adjective) — Being of the achromatic colour of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light. ex. "black leather jackets" ex. "as black as coal" ex. "rich black soil"

black (Adjective) — Of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin. ex. "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"

black (Adjective) — Marked by anger, resentment or hostility. ex. "black looks" ex. "black words"

black (Adjective) — Offering little or no hope. ex. "the future looked black"

black (Adjective) — Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonourable. ex. "black deeds" ex. "a black lie" ex. "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"

black (Adjective) — (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. ex. "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"

black (Adjective) — (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood. ex. "a face black with fury"

black (Adjective) — Extremely dark. ex. "a black moonless night" ex. "through the pitch-black woods"

black (Adjective) — Harshly ironic or sinister. ex. "black humour"

black (Adjective) — (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading. ex. "black propaganda"

black (Adjective) — Distributed or sold illicitly. ex. "the black economy pays no taxes"

black (Adjective) — (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. ex. "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"

black (Adjective) — (of coffee) without cream or sugar.

black (Adjective) — Soiled with dirt or soot. ex. "his shirt was black within an hour" ex. "with feet black from playing outdoors"

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4. black (Verb)

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black (Verb) — Make or become black.

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