Hyphenation of black

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black

Definitions of black:

1.
The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
2.
Total absence of light
They fumbled around in total darkness In the black of night
3.
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
4.
Popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
5.
A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
6.
(board games) the darker pieces
7.
Black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
The widow wore black
8.
Make or become black
The smoke blackened the ceiling The ceiling blackened
9.
Being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness
Having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light Black leather jackets As black as coal Rich black soil
10.
Of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
A great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization- Martin Luther King Jr.
11.
Marked by anger or resentment or hostility
Black looks Black words
12.
Offering little or no hope
The future looked black Prospects were bleak Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult- J.M.Synge Took a dim view of things
13.
Stemming from evil characteristics or forces
Wicked or dishonorable Black deeds A black lie His black heart has concocted yet another black deed Darth Vader of the dark side A dark purpose Dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility The scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him-Thomas Hardy
14.
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences
Bringing ruin The stock market crashed on Black Friday A calamitous defeat The battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign Such doctrines
15.
If true
16.
Would be absolutely fatal to my theory- Charles Darwin
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it- Douglas MacArthur A fateful error
17.
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
A face black with fury
18.
Extremely dark
A black moonless night Through the pitch-black woods It was pitch-dark in the cellar
19.
Harshly ironic or sinister
Black humor A grim joke Grim laughter Fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit
20.
(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
Black propaganda
21.
Distributed or sold illicitly
The black economy pays no taxes
22.
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands- Rachel Carson An ignominious retreat Inglorious defeat An opprobrious monument to human greed A shameful display of cowardice
23.
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
24.
Soiled with dirt or soot
With feet black from playing outdoors His shirt was black within an hour

Synonyms of black:

adj black, achromatic, dark
adj black, African-American, Afro-American, colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, negro, negroid
adj angry
adj dark, sinister, evil, wicked
adj bleak, dim, hopeless
adj calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful, unfortunate
adj blackened, colored, coloured, colorful
adj pitch-black, pitch-dark, dark
adj grim, mordant, sarcastic
adj covert
adj bootleg, black-market, contraband, smuggled, illegal
adj disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful, dishonorable, dishonourable
adj undiluted
adj clothed, clad
adj dirty, soiled, unclean
noun blackness, achromatic color, achromatic colour
nountotal darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, dark, darkness
noun Black, Joseph Black, chemist
noun Black, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple, actress
noun Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul, person of color, person of colour
noun man, piece
noun clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear
verb blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, discolor, discolour, colour, color

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