black

modif.

1. Opposite to white

   dark, blackish, ebony, jet, inky, raven, coal-black, dusky, dingy, murky, inklike, livid, somber, swarthy, swart, pitch-black, black as coal, black as pitch, black as jet, black as night, sooty, raven-hued, sable, somber, gun-metal, flat black, jet black, nigrous, nigrescent, atramentous, ebon-hued, black as the ace of spades*, black as a crow*.

   Antonyms white*, colored*, colorful. *

2. Without light

   gloomy, shadowy, clouded, pitch-dark; see dark 1.

3. Negroid; often capitalized

   Negro, African, African-American, colored, dark-skinned, black-skinned, dark-complexioned, Afro-American, Ethiopian, Nubian, Negrito, Melanesian, swarthy, dusky; see also African 2.

   Antonyms white, Caucasian, fair-skinned.

4. Unpropitious

   threatening, foreboding, sinister; see ominous.

5. Angry

   fierce, enraged, sour; see angry.

6. Evil

   villainous, mean, diabolical; see harmful, wicked 1.

7. Dirty

   soiled, stained, dingy; see dirty 1.

8. Dismal

   melancholy, gloomy, somber, pessimistic; see dismal 1.

black

n.

1. A chromatic color least resembling white

   lampblack, carbon, jet, sable, ebony, darkest gray, charcoal, blackness, darkness.

   Antonyms white*, blond*, brightness. *

2. A Negro; often capitalized

   black person, black man, black woman, African-American, person of color, Negro, African, colored person, colored man, colored woman, Afro-American, soul brother, soul sister, blood*; see also Negro.

in the black

black

v.