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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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