Synonyms for black
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : blak |
| Phonetic Transcription : blæk |
Top 10 synonyms for black Other synonyms for the word black
- atramentous
- atrocious
- bleak
- diabolical
- dingy
- dismal
- distressing
- doleful
- dreary
- dusky
- ebon
- ebony
- enraged
- fierce
- filthy
- foreboding
- foul
- funereal
- furious
- gloomy
- grimy
- grubby
- horrible
- hostile
- impure
- iniquitous
- inklike
- jet
- livid
- lugubrious
- mean
- melanoid
- menacing
- mournful
- murky
- nasty
- nefarious
- Negro
- obsidian
- ominous
- onyx
- oppressive
- piceous
- pitch
- pitch-dark
- raven
- resentful
- sable
- sad
- shadowy
- sinister
- slate
- sloe
- soiled
- somber
- sombre
- sooty
- sour
- spotted
- squalid
- stained
- starless
- stygian
- sullen
- swart
- swarthy
- threatening
- unclean
- uncleanly
- villainous
- wicked
Définition of black
Origin :- Old English blæc "dark," from Proto-Germanic *blakaz "burned" (cf. Old Norse blakkr "dark," Old High German blah "black," Swedish bläck "ink," Dutch blaken "to burn"), from PIE *bhleg- "to burn, gleam, shine, flash" (cf. Greek phlegein "to burn, scorch," Latin flagrare "to blaze, glow, burn"), from root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn;" see bleach (v.).
- The same root produced Old English blac "bright, shining, glittering, pale;" the connecting notions being, perhaps, "fire" (bright) and "burned" (dark). The usual Old English word for "black" was sweart (see swart). According to OED: "In ME. it is often doubtful whether blac, blak, blake, means 'black, dark,' or 'pale, colourless, wan, livid.' " Used of dark-skinned people in Old English.
- Of coffee, first attested 1796. Meaning "fierce, terrible, wicked" is late 14c. The color of sin and sorrow since at least c.1300; sense of "with dark purposes, malignant" emerged 1580s (e.g. black magic). Black face in reference to a performance style originated in U.S., is from 1868. Black flag, flown (especially by pirates) as a signal of "no mercy," from 1590s. Black dog "melancholy" attested from 1826. Black belt is from 1875 in reference to districts of the U.S. South with heaviest African population; 1870 with reference to fertility of soil; 1913 in judo sense. Black power is from 1966, associated with Stokely Carmichael.
- adj dark, inky
- adj hopeless
- adj dirty
- adj angry
- adj evil
- noun african-american
- A vote was taken on the question of exile, and the black pebbles predominated.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- “Moors be not all black, neither be they all worshippers of Mahound,” replied Ambrose.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- No; it has two stacks; and it's not your people because the Lotus is black.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But this slab of black basalt was different from anything that had ever been discovered.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Many of them were black, and a good share were of the female sex.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- Charles had said as he fingered his throat, which was patched with black and blue.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- And we'll say nothing to Dick until we've got it all in black and white.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- In other words, a great part of his gold has sprung from the blood of black slaves.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Bill Dozier was with him, Bill who was the black sheep in the fine old Dozier family.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He reined the pinto under the trees to look up at that tall, black mass.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
Antonyms for black
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