Black synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
Black in color.
Desolate is defined as someone or something which is unhappy or bleak.
raven-black
Contrary to established moral principles.
night-cloaked
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Black or dark brown
The definition of glum is being or looking gloomy or sad.
The definition of malignant is something evil or intending harm, a tumor that is spreading, or a disease that is invasive.
piceous
(Botany) Of or relating to pitch.
Full of pitch; smeared with pitch
The definition of gloomy is dark, depressing or dim.
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The definition of iniquitous is morally wrong or grossly unfair.
white (antonym)
Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
clean (antonym)
Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
optimistic (antonym)
Expecting the best in all possible ways.
Naughty in a playful way; mischievous
To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.
Made of ebony.
Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.
shade (related)
To obscure or darken:
To stain; sully:
Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
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Designating color perceived to have zero saturation and therefore no hue, such as neutral grays, white, or black.
cimmerian
Characteristic of Cimmeria; especially describing particularly dense darkness etc.
Harmful to one's reputation; blameworthy:
Lacking light; dim; shadowy
Serving to obscure or darken.
Malevolent is defined as someone or something that is harmful or evil.
To profane or sully (a reputation, for example).
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To make dirty; soil; smutch
darksome
Dismal
corbeau
Made of charcoal.
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Alternative form of stygian: dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish.
Like ink in color; dark; black
Black as coal; jet-black:
night-dark
sloe-black
Soiled with smut
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Obscene or indecent:
Filthy is defined as something or someone very dirty or obscene or corrupt.
The definition of bad is something that is wrong in some way, something that is not working properly, or has negative qualities.
(Computing, programming, slang) undesirable; harmful; bad practice
atramentous
ethiopian
Of or relating to the Afrotropical biogeographic region.
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Appalling or dismaying
Of Papua or its peoples, languages, or cultures
The definition of raven is something that is shiny and black.
make black
Of or done in monochrome
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Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
nigrescent
Blackish
A resin derived from the sap of a cone-bearing tree, such as a pine.
Marked with spots
Somber; dull
Swarthy.
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The definition of swarthy is someone who has a dark complexion.
negritude
nigrescence
Blackness or darkness, as of complexion.
happy (antonym)
Cheerful; willing:
good (antonym)
Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
Lacking or having very little light:
Sinful; sinning
Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.
Dismal; bleak.
Dull or dark in color:
To make dirty; smudge
total absence of light
black-skinned
night-clad
night-filled
night-mantled
melano-
night-black
Coarse, rough cloth
The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.
tar-black
balck (related)
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.
Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Containing or consisting in sin; contrary to the will of a god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses.
Not cheerful; gloomy; dreary
Depressed; miserable
Full of despite.
Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.
To cover with grime; make dirty; soil
To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain.
Giving offense; indecent.
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.
joseph black
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
total absence of light
beamless
Not having a beam.
A dye used to stain material for microscopic study
The definition of nasty is something that is very dirty, unpleasant or offensive.
In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.
Without joy; sullen, gloomy, dreary, etc.
Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
(UK, slang) disgusting; gross
african-american (related)
(Nonstandard, US, of a person) Black.
light (related)
Not harsh or severe:
right (related)
In or into a satisfactory state or condition:
attitude (related)
Characterized by intense ill will or spite
Having a charred crust formed by coating with ground hot pepper and spices and frying quickly in a very hot skillet
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
Traded on the black market.
Prohibited from being traded
distributed or sold illicitly
The definition of mordant is very sarcastic and painful wit or speech.
make or become black
blue (related)
grey (related)
red (related)
purple (related)
pink (related)
maroon (related)
yellow (related)
coloured (related)
all-black (related)
silver (related)
striped (related)
Having a menacing aspect:
(Rare) To make black
hopeful (antonym)
Inspiring or giving hope
Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
colors (related)
Of the darkest achromatic visual value
The definition of disastrous is something that is very harmful or damaging.
(Computing) Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.
Momentous, significant, setting or sealing ones fate.
Characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace:
Not giving, receiving, or deserving glory; shameful; disgraceful; dishonorable
Tending to cause opprobrium.
Faintly or unclearly perceived; indistinct:
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
A dark-skinned person, especially one from northern Africa.
coaly
Full of coal
melanian
melanic
Of, characteristic of, or having melanism or melanosis
Without stars
The branches or sprigs of the cypress, used as a symbol of mourning
negro
(Intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
shirley temple (black)
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
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