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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very dark in color |
| Synonyms: | black, dark, dusky, dusty, ebon, ebony, gloomy, inky, jet, jetty, murky, pitch-black, pitch-dark, raven, somber |
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| Main Entry: | dark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaded complexion, hair |
| Synonyms: | adumbral, bistered, black, brunet, brunette, dark-complexioned, dark-skinned, dusky, ebon, ebony, sable, swart, swarthy, tan |
| Antonyms: | light |
| Main Entry: | dusky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark-hued; murky |
| Synonyms: | adusk, bistered, bleak, brunette, caliginous, cheerless, cloudy, crepuscular, dark, dark-complexioned, darkish, desolate, dim, dismal, dull, funereal, gloomy, joyless, lightless, obscure, overcast, sable, shadowy, shady, swart, swarthy, tenebrous, twilight, twilit, unilluminated, veiled |
| Antonyms: | bright, clear, light |
Example Sentences
- Bands of mink or sable circle the hipline or hemline of many new fall dresses.
- Like a flash of swords, a herd of sable horns parade across the savanna.
- Then he set to work on the details with fine sable brushes.
| Main Entry: | jet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | black |
| Synonyms: | atramentous, bituminous, coal-black, dark, ebon, ebony, inky, midnight, obsidian, pitch-black, pitch-dark, raven, sable |
| Antonyms: | white |
| Main Entry: | onyx |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | black |
| Synonyms: | atramentous, brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, inky, jet, jetty, livid, melanoid, murky, obsidian, piceous, pitch, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, sloe, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy |
| Main Entry: | pitch-black |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | black |
| Synonyms: | atramentous, brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, inky, jet, jetty, livid, melanoid, murky, obsidian, onyx, piceous, pitch, pitch-dark, pitch-dark pitchy, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, sloe, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy |
| Main Entry: | pitchy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | black |
| Synonyms: | atramentous, brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, inky, jet, jetty, livid, melanoid, murky, obsidian, onyx, piceous, pitch, pitch-black, pitch-dark, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, sloe, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | black |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
black, gray, atramental, atramentous, black as November, black as a shoe, black as a tinker's pot, black as jet, black as midnight, black as my hat, black as thunder, brunette, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, ethiopic, fuliginous, inky, jet, murky, nigrescent, nocturnal, obscure, of the deepest dye, perse, pitchy, raven, sable, scoriac, somber, soot, sooty, suggilated, swart, swarthy, zibeline
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