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Blacks
/blæks/
The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
📖 Definitions of "Blacks"
noun
- 1
The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- 2
A black dye or pigment.
- 3
A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- 4
(in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
verb
- 1
To make black; to blacken.
- 2
To apply blacking to (something).
- 3
To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Blacks"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pitch-black | Very dark; without light. |
| pitch-dark | Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch. |
| bleaknoun | A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae. |
| calamitous | Causing or involving calamity; disastrous. |
| disastrous | Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous. |
| grimnoun | (MLE, slang, probably a fashionable word around 2006, now dated) A promiscuous woman. |
| dirtynoun | Anything that is dirty. |
| soiled | (also figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained. |
| unclean | Dirty, soiled or foul. |
| darknoun | A complete or (more often) partial absence of light. |
| hopeless | Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive. |
| sinister | Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm. |
| covertnoun | A covering. |
| evilnoun | Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. |
| wicked | Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible. |
| unfortunatenoun | An unlucky person; one who has fallen into bad circumstances. |
| shameful | Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful |
| ignominious | Marked by great disgrace, dishonour, humiliation, or shame; disgraceful, shameful. |
| disgraceful | Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful. |
| angryverb | Displaying or feeling anger. |
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