Dictionary Entry
black
black is a 5-letter English word with 36 senses as adjective, adverb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 36 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
- 3adjective
Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
- 4adjective
Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
- 5adverb
Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
- 6noun
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.
- 7noun
A black pigment or dye.
- 8noun
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
- 9noun
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
- 10noun
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
- 11noun
The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
- 12noun
A stain; a spot; a smooch.
- 13adjective
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
- 14adjective
To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
- 15noun
black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
"the widow wore black"
- 16noun
(board games) the darker pieces
- 17noun
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- 18noun
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
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- 19noun
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
- 20noun
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
- 21noun
total absence of light
"they fumbled around in total darkness"
"in the black of night"
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- 22verb
make or become black
"The smoke blackened the ceiling"
"The ceiling blackened"
- 23adjective
marked by anger or resentment or hostility
"black looks"
"black words"
- 24adjective
of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin- Martin Luther King Jr.
"a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"
- 25adjective
extremely dark
"a black moonless night"
"through the pitch-black woods"
- 26adjective
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"
- 27adjective
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
"a face black with fury"
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- 28adjective
soiled with dirt or soot
"with feet black from playing outdoors"
"his shirt was black within an hour"
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- 29adjective
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
- 30adjective
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin- Charles Darwin- Douglas MacArthur
"the stock market crashed on Black Friday"
"a calamitous defeat"
Synonyms
- 31adjective
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable-Thomas Hardy
"black deeds"
"a black lie"
- 32adjective
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame- Rachel Carson
"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"
"an ignominious retreat"
- 33adjective
offering little or no hope- J.M.Synge
"the future looked black"
"prospects were bleak"
- 34adjective
distributed or sold illicitly
"the black economy pays no taxes"
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- 35adjective
(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
"black propaganda"
- 36adjective
harshly ironic or sinister
"black humor"
"a grim joke"
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