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Adjective

lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness
a black night.
( sometimes initial capital letter )
pertaining or belonging to any of the various populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.
African-American.
soiled or stained with dirt
That shirt was black within an hour.
gloomy; pessimistic; dismal
a black outlook.
deliberately; harmful; inexcusable
a black lie.
boding ill; sullen or hostile; threatening
black words; black looks.
(of coffee or tea) without milk or cream.
without any moral quality or goodness; evil; wicked
His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.
indicating censure, disgrace, or liability to punishment
a black mark on one's record.
marked by disaster or misfortune
black areas of drought; Black Friday.
wearing black or dark clothing or armor
the black prince.
based on the grotesque, morbid, or unpleasant aspects of life
black comedy; black humor.
(of a check mark, flag, etc.) done or written in black to indicate, as on a list, that which is undesirable, sub-standard, potentially dangerous, etc.
Pilots put a black flag next to the ten most dangerous airports.
illegal or underground
The black economy pays no taxes.
showing a profit; not showing any losses
the first black quarter in two years.
deliberately false or intentionally misleading
black propaganda.
British . boycotted, as certain goods or products by a trade union.
(of steel) in the form in which it comes from the rolling mill or forge; unfinished.

Noun

the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it. Compare white ( def. 19 ) .
( sometimes initial capital letter )
a member of any of various dark-skinned peoples, esp. those of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.
African-American.
black clothing, esp. as a sign of mourning
He wore black at the funeral.
Chess, Checkers . the dark-colored men or pieces or squares.
black pigment
lamp black.
Slang . black beauty.
a horse or other animal that is entirely black.

Verb (used with object)

to make black; put black on; blacken.
British . to boycott or ban.
to polish (shoes, boots, etc.) with blacking.

Verb (used without object)

to become black; take on a black color; blacken.

Adverb

(of coffee or tea) served without milk or cream. ?

Verb phrase

black out,
to lose consciousness
He blacked out at the sight of blood.
to erase, obliterate, or suppress
News reports were blacked out.
to forget everything relating to a particular event, person, etc.
When it came to his war experiences he blacked out completely.
Theater . to extinguish all of the stage lights.
to make or become inoperable
to black out the radio broadcasts from the U.S.
Military . to obscure by concealing all light in defense against air raids.
Radio and Television . to impose a broadcast blackout on (an area).
to withdraw or cancel (a special fare, sale, discount, etc.) for a designated period
The special air fare discount will be blacked out by the airlines over the holiday weekend.

Idioms

black and white
print or writing
I want that agreement in black and white.
a monochromatic picture done with black and white only.
a chocolate soda containing vanilla ice cream.
black or white, completely either one way or another
without any intermediate state.
in the black
operating at a profit or being out of debt ( opposed to in the red )
New production methods put the company in the black.

Antonyms

adjective
white , hopeful , optimistic , clean , happy , good
noun
caucasian , white

Synonyms

adjective
atramentous , brunet , charcoal , clouded , coal , dingy , dusky , ebon , ebony , inklike , jet , livid , melanoid , murky , obsidian , onyx , piceous , pitch , pitch-dark , raven , sable , shadowy , slate , sloe , somber , sombre , sooty , starless , stygian , swart , swarthy , atrocious , bleak , depressing , depressive , dismal , dispiriting , distressing , doleful , dreary , foreboding , funereal , gloomy , horrible , lugubrious , mournful , ominous , oppressive , sad , sinister , threatening , filthy , foul , grimy , grubby , impure , nasty , soiled , spotted , squalid , stained , unclean , uncleanly , enraged , fierce , furious , hostile , menacing , resentful , sour , sullen , bad , diabolical , iniquitous , mean , nefarious , villainous , wicked , inky , jetty , pitch-black , pitchy , dark , smutty , immoral , peccant , reprobate , sinful , vicious , wrong , blue , cheerless , desolate , glum , joyless , tenebrific , despiteful , evil , hateful , malicious , malign , malignant , poisonous , spiteful , venomous , achromatic , blackish , cimmerian , color , dirty , discreditable , ethiopian , forbidding , grim , lowering , monochrome , negro , nigrescent , papuan
noun
african , afro-american , negro , blackness , ethiopian , negritude , nigrescence , nigritude , papuan , smooch , stain
verb
befoul , begrime , besmirch , besoil , blacken , defile , smudge , smutch , soil , sully
phrasal verb
faint , keel over , pass out , swoon , ban , hush , stifle , suppress

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