| 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” |
| noun | British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) |
| noun | popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) |
| noun | a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) |
| noun | (board games) the darker pieces |
| noun | black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) “the widow wore black” |
| verb | make or become black “The smoke blackened the ceiling” |
| 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 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” |
| adjective | marked by anger or resentment or hostility “black looks” |
| adjective | offering little or no hope; ; ; - J.M.Synge “the future looked black” |
| adjective | stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; ; ; ; ; ; ; -Thomas Hardy “black deeds” |
| adjective | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; ; ; ; - Charles Darwin; - Douglas MacArthur “the stock market crashed on Black Friday” |
| adjective | (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood “a face black with fury” |
| adjective | extremely dark “a black moonless night” |
| adjective | harshly ironic or sinister “black humor” |
| adjective | (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading “black propaganda” |
| adjective | distributed or sold illicitly “the black economy pays no taxes” |
| adjective | (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” |
| adjective | (of coffee) without cream or sugar |
| adjective | soiled with dirt or soot “with feet black from playing outdoors” |
| black | verb | make or become black |
| black | adjective | (of coffee) without cream or sugar |
| inky | adjective | of the color of black ink |
| lightless | adjective | giving no light |
| pitch-black | adjective | extremely dark |
| melanin | noun | insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers |
| black | noun | the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) |
| blackness | noun | the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) |
| bleakness | noun | a bleak and desolate atmosphere |
| dark | noun | absence of moral or spiritual values |
| darkness | noun | absence of moral or spiritual values |
| calamity | noun | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
| disaster | noun | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
| pitch blackness | noun | total absence of light |
| grimness | noun | the quality of being ghastly |
| contraband | noun | goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law |
| disgracefulness | noun | unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor |
| ignominy | noun | a state of dishonor |
| ignominiousness | noun | unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor |
| opprobrium | noun | a state of extreme dishonor; - F.D.Roosevelt |
| shamefulness | noun | unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor |
| smuttiness | noun | the state of being dirty with soot |