blackest
adjective
- 1
(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- 2
(of a place, etc) Without light.
- 3
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
- 4
Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.
“black drinking fountain; black hospital”
- 5
(of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red
“I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.”
- 6
Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- 7
Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.
“He shot her a black look.”
- 8
(of objects, markets, etc) Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
- 9
Overcrowded.
- 10
(of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk or creamer.
“Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer.”
- 11
Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- 12
Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white.
- 13
Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
“After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance.”
- 14
Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
“5 percent of the Defense Department funding will go to black projects.”
- 15
Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- 16
Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic
- 17
Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc) that is dark (or black); in taxonomy, especially: dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- 18
Foul; dirty.
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