| black | (adjective) being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light | - |
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| (adjective) of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin | - |
| (adjective) marked by anger or resentment or hostility | - |
| (adjective) (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood | Synonyms: blackened |
| (adjective) (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading | - |
| (adjective) extremely dark | Synonyms: pitch-black, pitch-dark |
| (adjective) soiled with dirt or soot | Synonyms: smutty |
| (adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | Synonyms: disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful |
| (adjective) stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable | Synonyms: dark, sinister |
| (adjective) offering little or no hope | Synonyms: bleak, dim |
| (adjective) distributed or sold illicitly | Synonyms: black-market, bootleg, contraband, smuggled |
| (adjective) harshly ironic or sinister | Synonyms: grim, mordant |
| (adjective) (of coffee) without cream or sugar | - |
| (adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | Synonyms: calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful |
| blackened | (adjective) (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood | Synonyms: black |
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| (adjective) darkened by smoke | - |
| blackguardly | (adjective) lacking principles or scruples | Synonyms: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly |
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| blackish | (adjective) of something that is somewhat black | - |
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