English to English
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.
As black as coal.
Rich black soil.
source: WordNet 3.0
- of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
A great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
source: WordNet 3.0
- total absence of light
They fumbled around in total darkness.
In the black of night.
source: WordNet 3.0
- British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
source: WordNet 3.0
- popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
source: WordNet 3.0
- a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
source: WordNet 3.0
- (board games) the darker pieces
source: WordNet 3.0
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
The widow wore black.
source: WordNet 3.0
- That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
Black looks.
Black words.
source: WordNet 3.0
- offering little or no hope
The future looked black.
Prospects were bleak.
Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult.
Took a dim view of things.
source: WordNet 3.0
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
Black deeds.
A black lie.
His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.
Darth Vader of the dark side.
A dark purpose.
Dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility.
The scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
The stock market crashed on Black Friday.
A calamitous defeat.
The battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign.
Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
A fateful error.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
A face black with fury.
source: WordNet 3.0
- extremely dark
A black moonless night.
Through the pitch-black woods.
It was pitch-dark in the cellar.
source: WordNet 3.0
- harshly ironic or sinister
Black humor.
A grim joke.
Grim laughter.
Fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
Black propaganda.
source: WordNet 3.0
- distributed or sold illicitly
The black economy pays no taxes.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
source: WordNet 3.0
- soiled with dirt or soot
With feet black from playing outdoors.
His shirt was black within an hour.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- make or become black
The smoke blackened the ceiling.
The ceiling blackened.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [blec] Maitim
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
