Black Meaning and Definition


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Black meaning

Word: Black

How to pronounce: blæk

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Of the very darkest color owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white.

Example sentences: "Black smoke"

2. Of any human group having dark-colored skin, especially of African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry.Relating to black people.

Example sentences: "Black adolescents of Jamaican descent"

3. (of a period of time or situation) characterized by tragic or disastrous events; causing despair or pessimism.

Example sentences: "Five thousand men were killed on the blackest day of the war"

Noun

Definitions:

1. Black color or pigment.

Example sentences: "A tray decorated in black and green"

2. A member of a dark-skinned people, especially one of African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry.

Example sentences: "The living conditions for South African whites and blacks were extremely divergent."

3. The situation of not owing money to a bank or of making a profit in a business operation.

Example sentences: "I managed to break even in the first six months—quite a short time for a small business to get into the black"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Make (something) black; blacken.

2. Refuse to handle (goods), undertake (work), or have dealings with (a person or business) as a way of taking industrial action.


Synonyms:

dark

shadow

darkness

dismal

bleak

night

gloom

dreary

blacklist

ebon

blk

sable

african

negro

black man

negro woman

raven

darkie

darky

blackamoor

blacken

darken

obscure

dim

nefarious

grim

sombre

swarthy

sinister

unlit

darksome

gloomy

sullen

swart

darkling

lugubrious

somber

drear

dirty

gray

grey

turned black

murky

filthy

grimy

muddy

grubby

grungy

inky

darkened

darkish

dusky

foul

evil

wicked

vicious


Antonyms:

light

bright

luminous

clear


Derivations:

Blacky

blackish

blacked

blackness

blacking

blacken

blackly

blackout

blackboard

blackening


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Black in Other Languages...

Spanish: Negro

German:

French: Noir

Italian: Nero

Turkish: Siyah


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