Black synonyms

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Jet-black

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ebony

Black in color.

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raven-black

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desolate

Desolate is defined as someone or something which is unhappy or bleak.

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night-cloaked

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immoral

Contrary to established moral principles.

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darken

To make dark or darker in colour.

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gloomy

The definition of gloomy is dark, depressing or dim.

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iniquitous

The definition of iniquitous is morally wrong or grossly unfair.

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malignant

The definition of malignant is something evil or intending harm, a tumor that is spreading, or a disease that is invasive.

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glum

The definition of glum is being or looking gloomy or sad.

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sable

Black or dark brown

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sooty

Of the color of soot

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white (antonym)

Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.

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jetty

(Archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.

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wicked

Naughty in a playful way; mischievous

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blacken

To make dirty.

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shade (related)

To obscure or darken:

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piceous

(Botany) Of or relating to pitch.

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pitchy

Full of pitch; smeared with pitch

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disgraceful

Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.

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pitch-black

Very dark; without light.

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tenebrific

Serving to obscure or darken.

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befoul

To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.

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pitch-dark

Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.

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optimistic (antonym)

Expecting the best in all possible ways.

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ebon

Made of ebony.

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clean (antonym)

Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:

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bad

The definition of bad is something that is wrong in some way, something that is not working properly, or has negative qualities.

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filthy

Filthy is defined as something or someone very dirty or obscene or corrupt.

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soiled

Dirty

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evil

(Computing, programming, slang) undesirable; harmful; bad practice

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dusky

Lacking light; dim; shadowy

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malevolent

Malevolent is defined as someone or something that is harmful or evil.

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defile

To profane or sully (a reputation, for example).

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smudge

To make dirty; soil; smutch

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whiten (antonym)

To make white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

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darksome

Dismal

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balck (related)

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blackish

Somewhat black

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oppressive

Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.

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sinister

(Heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.

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stygian

Alternative form of stygian: dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish.

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blackness

(Countable) The result or product of being black.

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sloe-black

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smutty

Soiled with smut

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besmirch

To stain; sully:

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dirty

Obscene or indecent:

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achromatic

Designating color perceived to have zero saturation and therefore no hue, such as neutral grays, white, or black.

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cimmerian

Characteristic of Cimmeria; especially describing particularly dense darkness etc.

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discreditable

Harmful to one's reputation; blameworthy:

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nigrescent

Blackish

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dark

Lacking or having very little light:

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venomous

Noxious; evil.

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corbeau

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tar-black

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atrocious

Appalling or dismaying

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unclean

Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit

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wrong

Incorrect or untrue.

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bleak

Not cheerful; gloomy; dreary

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make black

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charcoal

Made of charcoal.

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papuan

Of Papua or its peoples, languages, or cultures

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inky

Like ink in color; dark; black

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jet

Black as coal; jet-black:

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bitchy

In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.

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soil

(Intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.

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night-dark

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negro

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atramentous

Atramental

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monochrome

Of or done in monochrome

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mournful

Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:

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pitch

A resin derived from the sap of a cone-bearing tree, such as a pine.

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slate

Having the bluish-grey/gray colour/color of slate.

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spotted

Marked with spots

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sullen

Somber; dull

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swart

Swarthy.

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negritude

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nigrescence

Blackness or darkness, as of complexion.

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grimy

Stained, or covered with grime.

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peccant

Sinful; sinning

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reprobate

Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.

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cheerless

Devoid of cheer; gloomy

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dreary

Dismal; bleak.

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somber

Dull or dark in color:

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poisonous

Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous

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ethiopian

Of or relating to the Afrotropical biogeographic region.

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nigrify

(Rare) To make black

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dismal

Depressed; miserable

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despiteful

Full of despite.

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hateful

Evoking a feeling of hatred.

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malign

Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.

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mean

(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:

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spiteful

Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.

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vicious

The definition of vicious is someone or something that is especially cruel, harsh or violent, especially when the unkindness is done intentionally.

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begrime

To cover with grime; make dirty; soil

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smutch

To make dirty; smudge

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sully

To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain.

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disastrous

The definition of disastrous is something that is very harmful or damaging.

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shameful

Giving offense; indecent.

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total-darkness

total absence of light

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hyacinthine

Of the colour of a hyacinth.

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starless

Without stars

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wreckful

(Poetic) Causing wreckage; ruinous.

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lowering

That lowers or frowns.

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raven

The definition of raven is something that is shiny and black.

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uncleanly

Not pure in a moral or religious sense

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nasty

The definition of nasty is something that is very dirty, unpleasant or offensive.

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melanian

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joyless

Without joy; sullen, gloomy, dreary, etc.

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grim

(UK, slang) disgusting; gross

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murky

Obscure, indistinct, cloudy.

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swarthy

The definition of swarthy is someone who has a dark complexion.

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light (related)

Not harsh or severe:

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attitude (related)

Characterized by intense ill will or spite

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blackened

Having a charred crust formed by coating with ground hot pepper and spices and frying quickly in a very hot skillet

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calamitous

Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.

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contraband

Prohibited from being traded

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smuggled

distributed or sold illicitly

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mordant

The definition of mordant is very sarcastic and painful wit or speech.

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yellow (related)

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color

Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

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forbidding

Having a menacing aspect:

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nigritude

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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happy (antonym)

Cheerful; willing:

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good (antonym)

Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.

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caucasian (antonym)

Caucasoid

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grubby

Dirty, unwashed, unclean.

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sinful

Containing or consisting in sin; contrary to the will of a god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses.

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malicious

Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:

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besoil

To cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.

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fatal

(Computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.

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fateful

Momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate.

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ignominious

Characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace:

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inglorious

Not giving, receiving, or deserving glory; shameful; disgraceful; dishonorable

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opprobrious

Tending to cause opprobrium.

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dim

Faintly or unclearly perceived; indistinct:

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black market

Traded on the black market.

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pitch blackness

total absence of light

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beamless

Not having a beam.

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black-skinned

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night-clad

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night-filled

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night-mantled

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melano-

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night-black

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sackcloth

Coarse, rough cloth

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sloe

The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

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yew

(Uncountable) The wood of the yew.

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colors (related)

Of the darkest achromatic visual value

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bootleg

Illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated

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shirley-temple

A non-alcoholic cocktail traditionally made with ginger ale, grenadine syrup, and orange juice garnished with a maraschino cherry and slice of lemon. The ginger ale is commonly substituted with lemon-lime soft drink, and the orange juice is commonly left out.

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joseph black

British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

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melanize

To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.

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melanic

Of, characteristic of, or having melanism or melanosis

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cypress

The branches or sprigs of the cypress, used as a symbol of mourning

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stain

A dye used to stain material for microscopic study

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shirley temple (black)

popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

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smooch

(Informal) A kiss.

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negroid

a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

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lightlessness

The state or condition of being lightless; absence of light.

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melanise

make or become black

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striped (related)

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african-american (related)

(Nonstandard, US, of a person) Black.

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blue

(Entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.

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right (related)

In or into a satisfactory state or condition:

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grey (related)

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red (related)

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purple (related)

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maroon (related)

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coloured (related)

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all-black (related)

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silver (related)

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hopeful (antonym)

Inspiring or giving hope

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inkiness

The condition of being inky

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Black person

a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

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blackamoor

A dark-skinned person, especially one from northern Africa.

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coaly

Full of coal

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pink (related)

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