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black
verb(black)make or become black
Examples:
The smoke blackened the ceiling.
The ceiling blackened.
The ceiling blackened.
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noun(black)popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
Synonyms: shirley temple, shirley temple black,
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adjective(black)(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Examples:
Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands.
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noun(black)the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
Antonyms: white,
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adjective(black)extremely dark
Synonyms: pitch-black, pitch-dark,
Examples:
A black moonless night.
Through the pitch-black woods.
Through the pitch-black woods.
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noun(black)British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
Synonyms: joseph black,
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adjective(black)stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
Examples:
Black deeds.
A black lie.
His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.
A black lie.
His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.
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adjective(black)(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
Synonyms: blackened,
Examples:
A face black with fury.
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adjective(black)soiled with dirt or soot
Synonyms: smutty,
Examples:
With feet black from playing outdoors.
His shirt was black within an hour.
His shirt was black within an hour.
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adjective(black)distributed or sold illicitly
Examples:
The black economy pays no taxes.
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noun(black)total absence of light
Synonyms: blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness,
Examples:
In the black of night.
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adjective(black)offering little or no hope
Examples:
The future looked black.
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adjective(black)(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
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adjective(black)being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
Antonyms: white,
Examples:
Black leather jackets.
As black as coal.
Rich black soil.
As black as coal.
Rich black soil.
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noun(black)black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
Examples:
The widow wore black.
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adjective(black)marked by anger or resentment or hostility
Examples:
Black looks.
Black words.
Black words.
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adjective(black)(of coffee) without cream or sugar
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adjective(black)(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
Examples:
Black propaganda.
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adjective(black)of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
Antonyms: white,
Examples:
A great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.