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"The smoke blackened the ceiling" "The ceiling blackened"verbmake or become black
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nounpopular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
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"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"adjective(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
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nounthe quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)Opposite:type of:
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"a black moonless night" "through the pitch-black woods"adjectiveextremely dark
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nounBritish chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
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"black deeds" "a black lie" "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"adjectivestemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
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"a face black with fury"adjective(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
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"with feet black from playing outdoors" "his shirt was black within an hour"adjectivesoiled with dirt or soot
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"the black economy pays no taxes"adjectivedistributed or sold illicitly
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"in the black of night"nountotal absence of light
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"the future looked black"adjectiveoffering little or no hope
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adjective(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
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nouna person with African ancestry,
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"black humor"adjectiveharshly ironic or sinister
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"black leather jackets" "as black as coal" "rich black soil"adjectivebeing of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident lightOpposite:
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"the widow wore black"nounblack clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)type of:
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noun(board games) the darker piecesOpposite:
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"black looks" "black words"adjectivemarked by anger or resentment or hostility
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adjective(of coffee) without cream or sugar
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"black propaganda"adjective(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
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"a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"adjectiveof or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
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