Black(a.)
- 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.
Black(a.)
- In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
Black(a.)
- Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
Black(a.)
- Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
Black(adv.)
- Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
Black(n.)
- 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.