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- pronunciation:
- blaek
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- black out, in the black
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
part of speech: |
adjective |
inflections: |
blacker, blackest |
definition 1: |
of or pertaining to the color black, the color of the night sky.
This pen writes with black ink.- synonyms:
- inky, jetty, pitchy
- antonyms:
- white
- similar words:
- dark, dusky, ebony, jet, midnight, pitch-black, raven, sable, smoky, tarry
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definition 2: |
(usu. cap.) of or relating to a group of people who have ancestors of African origin and typically have dark skin, eyes, and hair.
Many famous Black singers of popular music grew up singing gospel in church.She grew up in a Black neighborhood on the west side of the city.- similar words:
- dark, Negro
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definition 3: |
very dark; without light.
It was a black night with no moon.- synonyms:
- dark, murky, stygian
- antonyms:
- bright
- similar words:
- crepuscular, dim, dusky, gloomy, lowering, obscure, shadowy, sunless, tenebrous
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definition 4: |
of coffee, taken without cream or milk.
She drinks black coffee, but she likes milk in tea.- synonyms:
- dark
- similar words:
- plain, straight
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definition 5: |
gloomy, evil, or dismal.
I'm having black thoughts about the future.Only she knew that her husband had a black heart and was not as he seemed to others.The war had begun, and it was clear that black days were to come.- synonyms:
- angry, cheerless, dark, dismal, gloomy, stygian, sullen, wicked
- similar words:
- black-hearted, grim, hostile, nefarious, saturnine, sinister, threatening, villainous
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definition 6: |
dirty or soiled.
His shoes were black with mud.- synonyms:
- dirty, soiled
- similar words:
- dingy, filthy, grimy, grubby, muddy, smudgy, sooty, unclean
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related words: |
portentous, sullen |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the darkest color, which absorbs but does not reflect light.
Black is the color of the night sky.
- antonyms:
- white
- similar words:
- ebony, jet, onyx, sable
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definition 2: |
(usu. pl. and cap.; in singular, considered offensive) a person who has ancestors of African descent and typically has dark skin, eyes, and hair.
No one leader can speak for all Blacks.- similar words:
- African, African American, Afro-American, Negro
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definition 3: |
something that is black in color.
The black looks better on you than the red.- antonyms:
- white
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definition 4: |
black clothes.
We were dressed in black for the funeral.- similar words:
- crape, mourning, sackcloth, weed
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phrase: |
in the black |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
blacks, blacking, blacked |
definition 1: |
to make black; blacken.
The artist blacked the sky in her painting.- synonyms:
- blacken, darken
- similar words:
- charcoal, color, defame, dim, dye, ink, libel, malign, obscure, slander, soil, tarnish
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definition 2: |
to polish (shoes or the like) with a black substance.
He blacked his shoes and made them shine.- similar words:
- coat, polish, shine, wax
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to become black; blacken.
- synonyms:
- blacken
- similar words:
- darken
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related words: |
lower |
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phrase: |
black out |
derivations: |
blackish (adj.), blackness (n.) |
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