| Sounds | blae'k | |
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| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | Of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light. | |
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| Attribute of | value | relative darkness or lightness of a color |
| See also | dark | (used of color) having a dark hue |
| Opposite | white | Of the achromatic color of maximum lightness |
| Catalan | negre | |
| Spanish | negro | |
| Nouns | blackness | the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) |
| Meaning | Of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin. | |
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| Example | "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr. | |
| Narrower | African-American, Afro-American | pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry |
| colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white | Having skin rich in melanin pigments | |
| negro | relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair | |
| negroid | characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race | |
| Opposite | white | Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration |
| Catalan | negre | |
| Spanish | negro | |
| Meaning | marked by anger or resentment or hostility / hostility. | |
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| Broader | angry | Feeling or showing anger |
| Meaning | offering little or no hope. | |
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| Example | "the future looked black" | |
| Synonyms | bleak, dim | |
| Broader | hopeless | Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success |
| Catalan | negre, ombrívol | |
| Spanish | negro, sombrío | |
| Meaning | stemming from evil characteristics / characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable. | |
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| Synonyms | dark, sinister | |
| Broader | evil | morally bad or wrong |
| Catalan | negre | |
| Spanish | negro, oscuro, perverso, siniestro | |
| Meaning | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. | |
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| Example | "the stock market crashed on Black Friday" | |
| Synonyms | calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful | |
| Broader | unfortunate | not favored by fortune |
| Catalan | negre | |
| Spanish | negro | |
| Meaning | (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood. | |
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| Example | "a face black with fury" | |
| Synonym | blackened | |
| Broader | colored, coloured, colorful | Having color or a certain color |
| Meaning | Extremely dark. | |
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| Synonyms | pitch-black, pitch-dark | |
| Broader | dark | Devoid of or deficient in light or brightness |
| Catalan | negre | |
| Spanish | negro | |
| Nouns | blackness | total absence of light |
| Meaning | harshly ironic or sinister. | |
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| Example | "black humor" | |
| Synonyms | grim, mordant | |
| Broader | sarcastic | Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds |
| Meaning | (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading. | |
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| Example | "black propaganda" | |
| Broader | covert | Secret or hidden / hidden |
| Meaning | Distributed or sold illicitly. | |
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| Example | "the black economy pays no taxes" | |
| Synonyms | bootleg, black-market, contraband, smuggled | |
| Broader | illegal | prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules |
| Meaning | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. | |
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| Example | "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson | |
| Synonyms | disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful | |
| Broader | dishonorable, dishonourable | lacking honor or integrity |
| Meaning | (of coffee) without cream or sugar. | |
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| Broader | undiluted | not diluted |
| Nouns | blackness | the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) |
| Meaning | Soiled with dirt or soot. | |
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| Synonym | smutty | |
| Broader | dirty, soiled, unclean | Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime |
| Nouns | blackness | the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) |
| Meaning | The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white). | |
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| Synonyms | blackness, inkiness | |
| Narrower | coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black | A very dark black / black |
| Broader | achromatic color, achromatic colour | A color lacking hue |
| Opposite | white, whiteness | The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) |
| Catalan | negre | |
| Spanish | negro | |
| Verbs | black | make or become black |
| Meaning | Total absence of light. | |
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| Example | "in the black of night" | |
| Synonyms | total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness | |
| Broader | dark, darkness | absence of light or illumination |
| Meaning | British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799). | |
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| Synonym | Joseph Black | |
| Instance of | chemist | A scientist who specializes in chemistry |
| Meaning | Popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928). | |
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| Synonyms | Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple | |
| Instance of | actress | A female actor |
| Meaning | (board games) the darker pieces. | |
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| Category | checkers, draughts | A checkerboard game / game for two players who each have 12 pieces |
| chess, chess game | A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules | |
| Broader | man, piece | game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games |
| Opposite | white | (board games) the lighter pieces |
| Meaning | black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning). | |
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| Example | "the widow wore black" | |
| Broader | clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment | A covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
| Meaning | make or become black. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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| Synonyms | blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify | |
| Broader | discolor, discolour, colour, color | change color, often in an undesired manner |
| Opposite | whiten, white | Turn white |
| Nouns | black | the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) |