black

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

“black leather jackets”

“as black as coal”

“rich black soil”

of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin

“{'source': 'Martin Luther King Jr.', 'text': 'a great people — a black people — … injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization'}”

marked by anger or resentment or hostility

“black looks”

“black words”

offering little or no hope

“the future looked black”

“prospects were bleak”

“{'source': 'J.M.Synge', 'text': 'Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult'}”

“took a dim view of things”

stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

“black deeds”

“a black lie”

“his black heart has concocted yet another black deed”

“Darth Vader of the dark side”

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

“the stock market crashed on Black Friday”

“a calamitous defeat”

“the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign”

“{'source': 'Charles Darwin', 'text': 'such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory'}”

the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

total absence of light

“they fumbled around in total darkness”

“in the black of night”

(board games) the darker pieces

black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)

“the widow wore black”

make or become black

“The smoke blackened the ceiling”

“The ceiling blackened”