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