Black synonyms | Best 179 synonyms for black

onyx

Jet-black

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ebony

Black in color.

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raven-black

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night-cloaked

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darken

To make dark or darker in colour.

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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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desolate

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

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smudge

To make dirty; soil; smutch

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gloomy

The definition of gloomy is dark, depressing or dim.

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shade (related)

To obscure or darken:

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sooty

Of the color of soot

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tenebrific

Serving 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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glum

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

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ebon

Made of ebony.

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jetty

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

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blacken

To make dirty.

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dusky

Lacking light; dim; shadowy

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pitch-dark

Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.

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malevolent

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

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befoul

To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.

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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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tar-black

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balck (related)

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iniquitous

The definition of iniquitous is morally wrong or grossly unfair.

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white (antonym)

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

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wicked

Naughty in a playful way; mischievous

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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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blackish

Somewhat 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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blackness

(Countable) The result or product of being black.

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defile

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

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hyacinthine

Of the colour of a hyacinth.

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sloe-black

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dark

Lacking or having very little light:

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cheerless

Devoid of cheer; gloomy

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corbeau

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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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oppressive

Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.

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smutty

Soiled with smut

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venomous

Noxious; evil.

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besmirch

To stain; sully:

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night-dark

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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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nigrescent

Blackish

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peccant

Sinful; sinning

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atramentous

Atramental

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monochrome

Of or done in monochrome

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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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swart

Swarthy.

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somber

Dull or dark in color:

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immoral

Contrary to established moral principles.

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clean (antonym)

Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:

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optimistic (antonym)

Expecting the best in all possible ways.

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atrocious

Appalling or dismaying

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raven

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

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inky

Like ink in color; dark; black

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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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bitchy

In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.

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soil

(Intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.

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shameful

Giving offense; indecent.

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forbidding

Having a menacing aspect:

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mournful

Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:

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spotted

Marked with spots

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sullen

Somber; dull

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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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reprobate

Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.

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dreary

Dismal; bleak.

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poisonous

Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous

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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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total-darkness

total absence of light

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starless

Without stars

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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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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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dirty

Obscene or indecent:

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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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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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make black

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charcoal

Made of charcoal.

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lowering

That lowers or frowns.

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papuan

Of Papua or its peoples, languages, or cultures

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jet

Black as coal; jet-black:

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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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disastrous

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

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melanian

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wreckful

(Poetic) Causing wreckage; ruinous.

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color

Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

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caucasian (antonym)

Caucasoid

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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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calamitous

Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.

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black market

Traded on the black market.

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contraband

Prohibited from being traded

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pitch blackness

total absence of light

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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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yellow (related)

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sable

Black or dark brown

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ethiopian

A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.

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happy (related)

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.

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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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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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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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good (antonym)

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

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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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colors (related)

Of the darkest achromatic visual value

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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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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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beamless

Not having a beam.

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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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african-american (related)

(Nonstandard, US, of a person) Black.

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blue

(Entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.

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evil

Characterized by anger or spite; malicious:

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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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joyless

Without joy; sullen, gloomy, dreary, etc.

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stain

A dye used to stain material for microscopic study

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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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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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negro

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

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coaly

Full of coal

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pink (related)

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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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