Black synonyms
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Desolate is defined as someone or something which is unhappy or bleak.
Contrary to established moral principles.
night-cloaked
Black in color.
Black or dark brown
The definition of gloomy is dark, depressing or dim.
raven-black
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
Alternative form of stygian: dark and gloomy, or infernal and hellish.
white (antonym)
Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
optimistic (antonym)
Expecting the best in all possible ways.
Full of pitch; smeared with pitch
The definition of iniquitous is morally wrong or grossly unfair.
The definition of glum is being or looking gloomy or sad.
Serving to obscure or darken.
The definition of malignant is something evil or intending harm, a tumor that is spreading, or a disease that is invasive.
To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.
To stain; sully:
To profane or sully (a reputation, for example).
To make dirty; soil; smutch
shade (related)
To obscure or darken:
piceous
(Botany) Of or relating to pitch.
clean (antonym)
Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
Made of ebony.
Black as coal; jet-black:
Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.
Obscene or indecent:
Filthy is defined as something or someone very dirty or obscene or corrupt.
Soiled with smut
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
Naughty in a playful way; mischievous
atramentous
Made of charcoal.
nigrescent
Blackish
A resin derived from the sap of a cone-bearing tree, such as a pine.
The definition of raven is something that is shiny and black.
Marked with spots
Somber; dull
Swarthy.
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.
Like ink in color; dark; black
Lacking or having very little light:
Sinful; sinning
Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.
Dismal; bleak.
Dull or dark in color:
Malevolent is defined as someone or something that is harmful or evil.
To cover with grime; make dirty; soil
To make dirty; smudge
To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain.
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)
black-skinned
darksome
Dismal
night-clad
night-filled
night-mantled
corbeau
melano-
night-black
night-dark
Coarse, rough cloth
The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.
sloe-black
tar-black
yew
(Uncountable) The wood of the yew.
Appalling or dismaying
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.
A dye used to stain material for microscopic study
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.
The definition of nasty is something that is very dirty, unpleasant or offensive.
Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.
Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
total absence of light
make black
Without joy; sullen, gloomy, dreary, etc.
In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.
Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
ethiopian
Of or relating to the Afrotropical biogeographic region.
(UK, slang) disgusting; gross
Of or done in monochrome
Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:
papuan
Of Papua or its peoples, languages, or cultures
african-american (related)
(Nonstandard, US, of a person) Black.
colors (related)
Of the darkest achromatic visual value
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.
total absence of light
make or become black
Having a menacing aspect:
(Rare) To make black
hopeful (antonym)
Inspiring or giving hope
(Entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.
Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
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.
Giving offense; indecent.
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.
negro
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
shirley temple (black)
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
beamless
Not having a beam.
coaly
Full of coal
melanian
melanic
Of, characteristic of, or having melanism or melanosis
Without stars
cypress
The branches or sprigs of the cypress, used as a symbol of mourning
(Intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
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