What is the meaning of the word "black"?
Definitions:
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(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading adjective
- black propaganda
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(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood adjective
- a face black with fury
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black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) noun
- the widow wore black
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deserving or bringing disgrace or shame, referring to conduct or character adjective
- The black record on the student's file was not pleasing for the parents to discover.
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distributed or sold illicitly adjective
- the black economy pays no taxes
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extremely dark adjective
- a black moonless night
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harshly ironic or sinister adjective
- black humor
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marked by anger or resentment or hostility adjective
- black looks
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of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin adjective
- a great peoplea black people...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization Martin Luther King Jr.
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offering little or no hope adjective
- the future looked black
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soiled with dirt or soot adjective
- with feet black from playing outdoors
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to make or become black verb
- The smoke blackened the ceiling.
Synonyms:
- black-market
- blacken
- blackened
- blackness
- bleak
- bootleg
- calamitous
- contraband
- dark
- dim
- disastrous
- disgraceful
- fatal
- fateful
- grim
- ignominious
- inglorious
- inkiness
- lightlessness
- melanise
- melanize
- mordant
- nigrify
- opprobrious
- pitch blackness
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- shameful
- smuggled
- smutty
NearBy Words:
- black-and-blue
- black-and-tan
- black-and-white
- black-barred
- black-coated
- black-gray
- black-grey
- black-haired
- black-marked
- black-market
- black-seeded
- black-tie
- blackamoor
- blackball
- blackbeetle
- blackberry
- blackberry-lily
- blackbird
- blackboard
- blackbody
- blackbuck
- blackburn
- blackcap
- blackcock
- blackdamp
- blacken
- blackened
- blackening
- blackface
- blackfish
- blackfly
- blackfoot
- blackguard
- blackguardly
- blackhead
- blackheart
- blacking
- blackish
- blackish-brown
- blackish-gray
- blackish-grey
- blackish-red
- blackjack
- blacklead
- blackleg
- blacklist
- blackmail
- blackmailer
- blackness
- blackout
- blackpoll
- blackpool
- blacksburg
- blackseed
- blackshirt
- blacksmith
- blacksnake
- blacktail
- blackthorn
- blacktop
- blacktopping
- blackwash
- blackwater
- blackwood