Black synonyms

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Jet-black

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ebony

Black in color.

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raven-black

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desolate

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

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night-cloaked

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immoral

Contrary to established moral principles.

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darken

To make dark or darker in colour.

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gloomy

The definition of gloomy is dark, depressing or dim.

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sable

Black or dark brown

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sooty

Of the color of soot

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iniquitous

The definition of iniquitous is morally wrong or grossly unfair.

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glum

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

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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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blacken

To make dirty.

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piceous

(Botany) Of or relating to pitch.

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pitch-black

Very dark; without light.

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pitchy

Full of pitch; smeared with pitch

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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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ebon

Made of ebony.

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jetty

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

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shade (related)

To obscure or darken:

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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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disgraceful

Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.

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befoul

To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.

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pitch-dark

Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.

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besmirch

To stain; sully:

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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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evil

(Computing, programming, slang) undesirable; harmful; bad practice

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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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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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dusky

Lacking light; dim; shadowy

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tenebrific

Serving to obscure or darken.

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malevolent

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

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defile

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

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smudge

To make dirty; soil; smutch

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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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corbeau

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balck (related)

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blackish

Somewhat black

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charcoal

Made of charcoal.

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papuan

Of Papua or its peoples, languages, or cultures

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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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blackness

(Countable) The result or product of being black.

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inky

Like ink in color; dark; black

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jet

Black as coal; jet-black:

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night-dark

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sloe-black

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smutty

Soiled with smut

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dirty

Obscene or indecent:

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atramentous

Atramental

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ethiopian

Of or relating to the Afrotropical biogeographic region.

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nigrescent

Blackish

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oppressive

Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.

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venomous

Noxious; evil.

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tar-black

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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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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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make black

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nasty

The definition of nasty is something that is very dirty, unpleasant or offensive.

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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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negro

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color

Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.

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monochrome

Of or done in monochrome

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mournful

Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:

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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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spotted

Marked with spots

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sullen

Somber; dull

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swart

Swarthy.

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swarthy

The definition of swarthy is someone who has a dark complexion.

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negritude

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nigrescence

Blackness or darkness, as of complexion.

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happy (antonym)

Cheerful; willing:

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good (antonym)

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

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dark

Lacking or having very little light:

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grimy

Stained, or covered with grime.

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peccant

Sinful; sinning

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reprobate

Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.

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cheerless

Devoid of cheer; gloomy

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dreary

Dismal; bleak.

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somber

Dull or dark in color:

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poisonous

Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous

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besoil

To cover with or as with soil; stain; sully.

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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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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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nigrify

(Rare) To make black

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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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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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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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colors (related)

Of the darkest achromatic visual value

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disastrous

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

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inglorious

Not giving, receiving, or deserving glory; shameful; disgraceful; dishonorable

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shameful

Giving offense; indecent.

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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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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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total-darkness

total absence of light

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melanize

To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.

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beamless

Not having a beam.