BLACK

Definition

1. verb make or become black. — synonyms: blacken, melanize, melanise
2. noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white). — synonyms: blackness, inkiness
3. noun total absence of light. — synonyms: total_darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch_blackness
4. noun British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799). — synonyms: Joseph_Black
5. noun popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928). — synonyms: Shirley_Temple_Black, Shirley_Temple
6. noun a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today. — synonyms: African-American, Negro, Negroid
7. noun (board games) the darker pieces.
8. noun black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning).
9. adjective being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness.
10. adjective of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin.
11. adjective marked by anger or resentment or hostility.
12. adjective offering little or no hope. — synonyms: bleak, dim
13. adjective stemming from evil characteristics or forces. — synonyms: dark, sinister
14. adjective (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences. — synonyms: calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
15. adjective (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood. — synonyms: blackened
16. adjective extremely dark. — synonyms: pitch-black, pitch-dark
17. adjective harshly ironic or sinister. — synonyms: grim, mordant
18. adjective (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading.
19. adjective distributed or sold illicitly. — synonyms: bootleg, black-market, contraband, smuggled
20. adjective (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. — synonyms: disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
21. adjective (of coffee) without cream or sugar.
22. adjective soiled with dirt or soot. — synonyms: smutty