Black Meaning
There are 22 meaning(s) for word Black
Meaning 1 : make or become black
Example : The smoke blackened the ceiling,The ceiling blackened
Synonyms : blacken, melanise, melanize
Example : The smoke blackened the ceiling,The ceiling blackened
Synonyms : blacken, melanise, melanize
Meaning 2 : popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
Synonyms : shirley temple, shirley temple black
Synonyms : shirley temple, shirley temple black
Meaning 3 : (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Example : Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands
Synonyms : disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
Example : Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands
Synonyms : disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful
Meaning 4 : the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
Synonyms : blackness, inkiness
Synonyms : blackness, inkiness
Meaning 5 : extremely dark
Example : a black moonless night,through the pitch-black woods
Synonyms : pitch-black, pitch-dark
Example : a black moonless night,through the pitch-black woods
Synonyms : pitch-black, pitch-dark
Meaning 6 : British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
Synonyms : joseph black
Synonyms : joseph black
Meaning 7 : stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
Example : black deeds,a black lie,his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
Synonyms : dark, sinister
Example : black deeds,a black lie,his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
Synonyms : dark, sinister
Meaning 8 : (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
Example : a face black with fury
Synonyms : blackened
Example : a face black with fury
Synonyms : blackened
Meaning 9 : soiled with dirt or soot
Example : with feet black from playing outdoors,his shirt was black within an hour
Synonyms : smutty
Example : with feet black from playing outdoors,his shirt was black within an hour
Synonyms : smutty
Meaning 10 : distributed or sold illicitly
Example : the black economy pays no taxes
Synonyms : black-market, bootleg, contraband, smuggled
Example : the black economy pays no taxes
Synonyms : black-market, bootleg, contraband, smuggled
Meaning 11 : total absence of light
Example : in the black of night
Synonyms : blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness
Example : in the black of night
Synonyms : blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness
Meaning 13 : (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
Synonyms : calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
Synonyms : calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
Meaning 16 : being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
Example : black leather jackets,as black as coal,rich black soil
Example : black leather jackets,as black as coal,rich black soil
Meaning 17 : black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
Example : the widow wore black
Example : the widow wore black
Meaning 18 : (board games) the darker pieces
Meaning 19 : marked by anger or resentment or hostility
Example : black looks,black words
Example : black looks,black words
Meaning 20 : (of coffee) without cream or sugar
Meaning 21 : (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
Example : black propaganda
Example : black propaganda
Meaning 22 : of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
Example : a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization
Example : a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization
Black Antonyms
How to Pronounce Black
- blæk
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