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blackest definition
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Overview of adj black The adj black has 15 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (56) black, achromatic -- (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"; "rich black soil") 2. (4) black -- (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.) 3. (4) black -- (marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words") 4. (3) black, dark, sinister -- (stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "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"-Thomas Hardy) 5. (2) black, bleak, dim -- (offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things") 6. (2) black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful -- ((of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "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"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error") 7. (1) black, blackened -- ((of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury") 8. (1) black, pitch-black, pitch-dark -- (extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler") 9. black, grim, mordant -- (harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit") 10. black -- ((of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda") 11. bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled -- (distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes) 12. black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful -- ((used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice") 13. black -- ((of coffee) without cream or sugar) 14. black -- (dressed in black; "a black knight"; "black friars") 15. black -- (soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour") Antonyms of adj black 15 senses of black Sense 1 black (vs. white), achromatic white (vs. black), achromatic => albescent Sense 2 black (vs. white) white (vs. black) => caucasian, caucasoid => light-skinned Sense 3 black INDIRECT (VIA angry) -> unangry Sense 4 black, dark, sinister INDIRECT (VIA evil) -> good Sense 5 black, bleak, dim INDIRECT (VIA hopeless) -> hopeful Sense 6 black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful INDIRECT (VIA unfortunate) -> fortunate Sense 7 black, blackened INDIRECT (VIA colored) -> uncolored, uncoloured Sense 8 black, pitch-black, pitch-dark INDIRECT (VIA dark) -> light Sense 9 black, grim, mordant INDIRECT (VIA sarcastic) -> unsarcastic Sense 10 black INDIRECT (VIA covert) -> overt, open Sense 11 bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled INDIRECT (VIA illegal) -> legal Sense 12 black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful INDIRECT (VIA dishonorable) -> honorable, honourable Sense 13 black INDIRECT (VIA undiluted) -> diluted, dilute Sense 14 black INDIRECT (VIA clothed) -> unclothed Sense 15 black INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean Similarity of adj black 15 senses of black Sense 1 black (vs. white), achromatic Also See-> dark#2 Sense 2 black (vs. white) => African-American, Afro-American => colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned => negro => negroid Sense 3 black => angry (vs. unangry) Sense 4 black, dark, sinister => evil (vs. good), wicked Sense 5 black, bleak, dim => hopeless (vs. hopeful) Sense 6 black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful => unfortunate (vs. fortunate) Sense 7 black, blackened => colored (vs. uncolored), coloured, in color(prenominal), colorful Sense 8 black, pitch-black, pitch-dark => dark (vs. light) Sense 9 black, grim, mordant => sarcastic (vs. unsarcastic) Sense 10 black => covert (vs. overt) Sense 11 bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled => illegal (vs. legal) Sense 12 black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful => dishonorable (vs. honorable), dishonourable Sense 13 black => undiluted (vs. diluted) Sense 14 black => clothed (vs. unclothed), clad Sense 15 black => dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean Attributes of adj black 1 of 15 senses of black Sense 1 black (vs. white), achromatic => value Familiarity of adj black black used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 15) Grep of adj black antiblack black black-and-blue black-and-white black-haired black-market black-tie black and white blackened blackguardly blackish blacktopped blue-black coal-black ink-black inky-black jet-black pitch-black Overview of adj black The adj black has 15 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (56) black, achromatic -- (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"; "rich black soil") 2. (4) black -- (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.) 3. (4) black -- (marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words") 4. (3) black, dark, sinister -- (stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "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"-Thomas Hardy) 5. (2) black, bleak, dim -- (offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things") 6. (2) black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful -- ((of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "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"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error") 7. (1) black, blackened -- ((of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury") 8. (1) black, pitch-black, pitch-dark -- (extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler") 9. black, grim, mordant -- (harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit") 10. black -- ((of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda") 11. bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled -- (distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes) 12. black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful -- ((used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice") 13. black -- ((of coffee) without cream or sugar) 14. black -- (dressed in black; "a black knight"; "black friars") 15. black -- (soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour")
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