Another word for black
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Adjective
Of the darkest achromatic visual value
- Covered with or as if with soot.
- Of or producing soot.
- Blackish or dusky in color.
- A mustelid mammal (Martes zibellina) of northern Eurasia, having soft dark commercially valuable fur.
- The pelt or fur of this animal.
- The similar fur of other species of martens.
- Full of or covered with pitch.
- Resembling pitch in consistency.
- Extremely dark; black.
- Extremely dark; black as pitch.
- A chalcedony that occurs in bands of different colors and is used as a gemstone, especially in cameos and intaglios.
- A structure, such as a pier, that projects into a body of water to influence the current or tide or to protect a harbor or shoreline from storms or erosion.
- A wharf.
- A dense black coal that takes a high polish and is used for jewelry.
- A deep black.
- Made of or resembling a dense, black, highly polished coal.
- like ink in color; dark; black
- colored, marked, stained, or covered with ink
- Any of various tropical Asian or African trees of the genus Diospyros.
- The wood of such a tree, especially the hard black heartwood of D. ebenum or certain other species, used in cabinetwork and inlaying and for piano keys.
- The hard dark wood of various other trees.
- Made of ebony.
- Black in color.
- Ebony.
See also:Having little or no light
- Extremely dark.
- Lacking or having very little light:
- Lacking brightness:
- Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black:
See also:Covered or stained with or as if with dirt or other impurities
- Unclean.
- In an unclean manner.
- Foul or dirty.
- Morally defiled.
- Ceremonially impure.
- soiled with smut
- affected with plant smut
- pornographic or indecent
- Dirty; grimy:
- Infested with grubs.
- Contemptible; despicable:
- Covered or smudged with grime.
- Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
- Obscene or offensive:
- Vile; nasty:
- Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
- Spreading dirt; polluting:
- Apt to soil with dirt or grime:
See also:Morally objectionable
- Not in conformity with fact or truth; incorrect or erroneous:
- Contrary to conscience, morality, or law:
- Unfair; unjust:
- Evil or immoral:
- Playfully malicious or mischievous:
- Severe and distressing:
- Mean-spirited or deliberately hurtful; malicious:
- Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
- Marked by an aggressive disposition. Used chiefly of animals.
- Marked by or full of sin; wicked:
- Extremely pleasing to the senses; sensuously enjoyable:
- A morally unprincipled person.
- One who is predestined to damnation.
- Morally unprincipled; shameless.
- Sinful; guilty.
- Violating a rule or an accepted practice; erring.
- Characterized by iniquity; wicked.
- Contrary to established moral principles.
- Morally bad or wrong; wicked:
- Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful:
- Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous:
- Not achieving an adequate standard; poor:
- Immoral or evil.
- Vulgar or obscene:
See also:Dark and depressing
- Serving to obscure or darken.
- Gloomy; dark.
- Dark; gloomy:
- Dull or dark in color:
- Melancholy; dismal:
- Cheerless; dismal.
- Moody and melancholy; dejected.
- Gloomy; dismal.
- The quality or state of being moody, melancholy, and gloomy or an instance of it:
- Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
- Showing or filled with gloom:
- Causing or producing gloom; depressing:
- Dismal; bleak.
- Boring; dull:
- Causing gloom or depression; dreary:
- Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit:
- Dreadful; disastrous.
- Devoid of inhabitants; deserted:
- Barren; lifeless:
- Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.
- Lacking or having very little light:
- Lacking brightness:
- Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black:
- Lacking cheer; depressing.
- The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
- A pigment or dye imparting this hue.
- Bluing.
- Gloomy and somber:
- Providing no encouragement; depressing:
- Cold and cutting; raw:
Characterized by intense ill will or spite
- Mean, spiteful, or overbearing.
- In a bad mood; irritable or cranky.
- Evil or immoral:
- Playfully malicious or mischievous:
- Severe and distressing:
- Mean-spirited or deliberately hurtful; malicious:
- Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
- Marked by an aggressive disposition. Used chiefly of animals.
- Secreting and transmitting venom:
- Full of or containing venom:
- Malicious; spiteful:
- Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.
- Containing or being a poison:
- Capable of harming or killing by poison:
- Full of ill will; malicious or spiteful:
- Disgusting or repellent:
- Unpleasantly cold or wet:
- Dirty; filthy.
- To be used to convey; denote:
- To act as a symbol of; signify or represent:
- To intend to convey or indicate:
- Tending to metastasize:
- Virulent or threatening to life:
- Having or showing ill will; malicious:
- To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about (someone).
- Evil or harmful in nature or effect:
- Intending or threatening harm or ill will; malevolent:
- Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:
- Done with malice.
- Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious.
- Having a harmful influence:
- Eliciting or deserving hatred.
- Feeling or showing hatred:
- Very unpleasant or unappealing:
- Morally bad or wrong; wicked:
- Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful:
- Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous:
- Full of malice; spiteful.
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Verb
To make dirty
- To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain.
- To defile; taint:
- Something that stains or spots.
- The top layer of the earth's surface in which plants can grow, consisting of rock and mineral particles mixed with decayed organic matter and having the capability of retaining water.
- A particular kind of earth or ground:
- Country; land:
- To soil or stain.
- A stain or spot of dirt.
- To make dirty, especially in one small area:
- To smear or blur (something):
- To fill (an orchard or an inhabited area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from frost or to repel insects.
- Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
- Spreading dirt; polluting:
- Apt to soil with dirt or grime:
- To make filthy or dirty; pollute:
- To debase the pureness or excellence of; corrupt:
- To profane or sully (a reputation, for example).
- To make black.
- To sully or defame:
- To coat (fish or meat, for example) with pepper and other spices and then quickly sear in a very hot skillet, thereby producing meat that is black on the outside but tender on the inside.
- To stain; sully:
- To make dirty; soil.
- To smear or soil with or as if with dirt.
- To make dirty; soil.
- To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.
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Another word for black
Verb
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- To make black.
- To sully or defame:
- To coat (fish or meat, for example) with pepper and other spices and then quickly sear in a very hot skillet, thereby producing meat that is black on the outside but tender on the inside.
- To make dark or darker.
- To give a darker hue to.
- To fill with sadness; make gloomy.
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