Black Synonyms & Definitions

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• BlackDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) A stain; a spot; a smooch.
(n.) 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.
(adv.) Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
(n.) A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
(n.) A black pigment or dye.
(a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
(a.) Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
(a.) To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
(n.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
(a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
(n.) A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
(n.) The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.

• Black washDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) Alt. of Blackwash

• Black FlagsDefinition & Meaning in English

() An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85.