English to English adjective
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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
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of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin |  | Example: a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization
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Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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marked by anger or resentment or hostility |  | Example: black looks black words
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offering little or no hope |  | Example: the future looked black prospects were bleak Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult took a dim view of things
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stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable |  | Example: 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
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(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin |  | Example: the stock market crashed on Black Friday a calamitous defeat the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it a fateful error
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(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood |  | Example: a face black with fury
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extremely dark |  | Example: a black moonless night through the pitch-black woods it was pitch-dark in the cellar
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harshly ironic or sinister |  | Example: black humor a grim joke grim laughter fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit
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(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading |  | Example: black propaganda
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distributed or sold illicitly |  | Example: the black economy pays no taxes
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(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 an ignominious retreat inglorious defeat an opprobrious monument to human greed a shameful display of cowardice
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(of coffee) without cream or sugar |  | source: wordnet30
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soiled with dirt or soot |  | Example: with feet black from playing outdoors his shirt was black within an hour
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Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) |  | source: wordnet30
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total absence of light |  | Example: they fumbled around in total darkness in the black of night
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British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) |  | source: wordnet30
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popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) |  | source: wordnet30
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a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) |  | source: wordnet30
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(board games) the darker pieces |  | source: wordnet30
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black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) |  | Example: the widow wore black
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That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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make or become black |  | Example: The smoke blackened the ceiling The ceiling blackened
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To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully. |  | source: webster1913
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