black
adjective
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marked by anger or resentment or hostility
black looks
black words
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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.
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extremely dark
a black moonless night
through the pitch-black woods
- 4
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
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(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
a face black with fury
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soiled with dirt or soot
with feet black from playing outdoors
his shirt was black within an hour
- 7
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
noun
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black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
the widow wore black
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a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
the widow wore black
- 3
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
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(board games) the darker pieces
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British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
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the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
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total absence of light
they fumbled around in total darkness
in the black of night
verb
- 1
make or become black
The smoke blackened the ceiling
The ceiling blackened
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