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black
marked by anger or resentment or hostility
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adjective
marked by anger or resentment or hostility
“black looks”
adjective
of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
“{'source': 'Martin Luther King Jr.', 'text': 'a great people — a black people — … injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization'}”
adjective
extremely dark
“a black moonless night”
adjective
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
“black leather jackets”
adjective
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
“a face black with fury”
adjective
soiled with dirt or soot
“with feet black from playing outdoors”
adjective
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
adjective
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
“the stock market crashed on Black Friday”
adjective
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
“black deeds”
adjective
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
“{'source': 'Rachel Carson', 'text': 'Man … has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands'}”
adjective
offering little or no hope
“the future looked black”
adjective
distributed or sold illicitly
“the black economy pays no taxes”
adjective
(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
“black propaganda”
adjective
harshly ironic or sinister
“black humor”
noun
black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
“the widow wore black”
noun
(board games) the darker pieces
noun
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
noun
total absence of light
“they fumbled around in total darkness”
verb
make or become black
“The smoke blackened the ceiling”
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black looks
black words
{'source': 'Martin Luther King Jr.', 'text': 'a great people — a black people — … injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization'}
a black moonless night
through the pitch-black woods
it was pitch-dark in the cellar
black leather jackets
as black as coal
rich black soil
a face black with fury
with feet black from playing outdoors
his shirt was black within an hour
the stock market crashed on Black Friday
a calamitous defeat
the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
{'source': 'Charles Darwin', 'text': 'such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory'}
{'source': 'Douglas MacArthur', 'text': 'it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it'}
black deeds
a black lie
his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
Darth Vader of the dark side
a dark purpose
{'source': 'Rachel Carson', 'text': 'Man … has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands'}
an ignominious retreat
inglorious defeat
an opprobrious monument to human greed
a shameful display of cowardice
the future looked black
prospects were bleak
{'source': 'J.M.Synge', 'text': 'Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult'}
took a dim view of things
the black economy pays no taxes
black propaganda
black humor
a grim joke
grim laughter
fun ranging from slapstick clowning … to savage mordant wit
the widow wore black
they fumbled around in total darkness
in the black of night
The smoke blackened the ceiling
The ceiling blackened
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