black
nouns
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
antonym
total absence of light
"they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"
(board games) the darker pieces
antonym
domain category
a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
domain category
a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
"the widow wore black"
is a type of (narrower)
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
verbs
adjectives
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
"black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil"
see also
(used of color) having a dark hue
"dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
is an attribute of
relative darkness or lightness of a color
"I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe
of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
"a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.
antonym
is similar to
pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
"Afro-American culture"; "many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American"
is similar to
having skin rich in melanin pigments
"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
is similar to
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
is similar to
characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race
"negroid features"
marked by anger or resentment or hostility
"black looks"; "black words"
is similar to
feeling or showing anger
"angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"
offering little or no hope
"the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
"black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
"the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
"a face black with fury"
extremely dark
"a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar"
is derived from
harshly ironic or sinister
"black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
"black propaganda"
is similar to
secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
"covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
distributed or sold illicitly
"the black economy pays no taxes"
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
is derived from
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