black - Meaning in Marathi

black - Meaning in Marathi

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Definitions and Meaning of black in English

black adjective

1. being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident lightadj.all

   Examples

   • "as black as coal"
   • "black leather jackets"
   • "rich black soil"
2. harshly ironic or sinisteradj.all

   Examples

   • "a grim joke"
   • "black humor"
   • "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
   • "grim laughter"
3. (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleadingadj.all

   Example

   • "black propaganda"
4. distributed or sold illicitlyadj.all

   Example

   • "the black economy pays no taxes"
5. offering little or no hopeadj.all

   Examples

   • "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"
   • "prospects were bleak"
   • "the future looked black"
   • "took a dim view of things"
6. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shameadj.all

   Examples

   • "a shameful display of cowardice"
   • "an ignominious retreat"
   • "an opprobrious monument to human greed"
   • "inglorious defeat"
   • "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"
7. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorableadj.all

   Examples

   • "a black lie"
   • "a dark purpose"
   • "black deeds"
   • "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"
   • "Darth Vader of the dark side"
   • "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"
   • "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"
8. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruinadj.all

   Examples

   • "a calamitous defeat"
   • "a fateful error"
   • "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"
   • "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"
   • "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"
   • "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"
9. (of coffee) without cream or sugaradj.all
10. soiled with dirt or sootadj.all

    Examples

    • "his shirt was black within an hour"
    • "with feet black from playing outdoors"
11. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused bloodadj.all

    Example

    • "a face black with fury"
12. extremely darkadj.all

    Examples

    • "a black moonless night"
    • "it was pitch-dark in the cellar"
    • "through the pitch-black woods"
13. of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African originadj.all

    Example

    • "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"
14. marked by anger or resentment or hostilityadj.all

    Examples

    • "black looks"
    • "black words"

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