Black

/blæk/
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Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Being of the darkest color, like coal or night: Having little or no light; of the color that absorbs almost all light.
    • Characterized by anger, gloom, or evil: Marked by or associated with negative, sinister, or unfortunate qualities.
    • Of or relating to any of various population groups having dark skin, especially of African ancestry: Pertaining to a racial or ethnic identity.
    • Soiled or dirty: Covered with dirt or soot.
    • Without milk or cream: Referring to coffee or tea served without additives.

  2. Noun:

    • The achromatic color of maximum darkness: The color that is the opposite of white.
    • Clothing of this color, especially when worn for mourning: Black garments.
    • A person belonging to a dark-skinned people, especially one of African ancestry.
    • The dark-colored pieces in board games like chess or checkers.
    • Total absence of light: Complete darkness.

  3. Verb:

    • To make something black: To become or cause to become black in color.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective:

    • She wore a black dress to the event.
    • The future looked black after the company announced massive losses.
    • He takes his coffee black, with no sugar.
    • His hands were black with grease from repairing the engine.

  • Noun:

    • The artist used black to create strong shadows in the painting.
    • After her husband's death, she was dressed in black for a year.
    • He moved his black to capture the opponent's queen.
    • They were lost in the black of the forest at night.

  • Verb:

    • The smoke from the fire blackened the ceiling.
    • He blacks his boots every morning.
Advanced Usage
  • "in the black": Operating at a profit; financially solvent.
    • After a difficult year, the company is finally back in the black.
  • "black and white": Involving clear-cut distinctions between right and wrong, or referring to something presented in writing or print.
    • He sees the world in black and white, with no gray areas.
  • "black out": To lose consciousness temporarily; to suppress or obscure information.
    • The pilot might black out from the high G-forces.
    • The government tried to black out news of the protest.
Variants and Related Words
  • Blacken (verb): To make or become black or dark.
  • Blackness (noun): The quality or state of being black.
  • Blackish (adjective): Somewhat black.
  • Blackboard (noun): A dark surface for writing on with chalk. (Note: This is a compound word listed separately as a variant.)
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Dark, ebony, inky, sooty, gloomy, dismal, sinister, wicked.
  • Noun: Darkness, gloom, obscurity.
  • Verb: Darken, smudge, stain.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Black out: To lose consciousness; to obscure lights; to suppress information.
    • Several passengers blacked out during the severe turbulence.
  • Blacken (someone's name/reputation): To say things that damage someone's reputation.
    • The scandal blackened the politician's reputation forever.
Related Idioms
  • Pot calling the kettle black: Accusing someone of a fault one possesses oneself.
    • He criticized her for being late, which is the pot calling the kettle black.
  • Black sheep (of the family): A person who is considered a disgrace or failure by their family.
    • He was always the black sheep, never following the family tradition.
  • Black market: Illegal trade in goods or currencies.
    • During the war, many goods were only available on the black market.
Adjective
  1. soiled with dirt or soot
    • with feet black from playing outdoors
    • his shirt was black within an hour
  2. (of coffee) without cream or sugar
  3. (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
  4. distributed or sold illicitly
    • the black economy pays no taxes
  5. (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
    • black propaganda
  6. harshly ironic or sinister
    • black humor
    • a grim joke
    • grim laughter
    • fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit
  7. extremely dark
    • a black moonless night
    • through the pitch-black woods
    • it was pitch-dark in the cellar
  8. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
    • a face black with fury
  9. (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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. marked by anger or resentment or hostility
    • black looks
    • black words
  13. 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.
  14. 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
Verb
  1. make or become black
    • The smoke blackened the ceiling
    • The ceiling blackened
Noun
  1. black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
    • the widow wore black
  2. (board games) the darker pieces
  3. a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
  4. popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
  5. British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
  6. total absence of light
    • they fumbled around in total darkness
    • in the black of night
  7. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

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