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black

adjective
  1. marked by anger or resentment or hostility
    “black looks”
  2. 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.”
  3. extremely dark
    “a black moonless night”
    pitch-blackpitch-dark
  4. being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness
  5. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
    “a face black with fury”
    blackened
  6. soiled with dirt or soot
    “with feet black from playing outdoors”
    smutty
  7. (of coffee) without cream or sugar
  8. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences
    fatalfatefulcalamitousdisastrous
  9. stemming from evil characteristics or forces
    dark
  10. deserving or bringing disgrace or shame, referring to conduct or character
    “The black record on the student's file was not pleasing for the parents to discover.”
    ingloriousdisgracefulignominiousopprobriousshameful
  11. offering little or no hope
    “the future looked black”
    dimbleak
  12. distributed or sold illicitly
    “the black economy pays no taxes”
    bootlegblack-marketcontrabandsmuggled
  13. (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
    “black propaganda”
  14. harshly ironic or sinister
    “black humor”
    grimmordant
noun
  1. black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
    “the widow wore black”
  2. (board games) the darker pieces
  3. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
    blacknessinkiness
  4. total absence of light
    blacknesslightlessnesspitch blackness
verb
  1. to make or become black
    “The smoke blackened the ceiling.”
    blackenmelanisemelanizenigrify