Being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness, having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
English: black
Bahasa: aswad
hitamBahasa Indonesia
black, dark, ebony, Black, Black person
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#760 of the corpus · 168.1 per million words · 717,688 occurrences
Adjective
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
English: black
Extremely dark
English: black, pitch-black, pitch-dark
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Of a very dark black
English: ebon, ebony
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(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences, bringing ruin
English: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful
Bahasa: malang
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Offering little or no hope
English: black, bleak, dim
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(used of color) having a dark hue
English: dark
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Soiled with dirt or soot
English: black, smutty
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Stemming from evil characteristics or forces, wicked or dishonorable
English: black, dark, sinister
Bahasa: jahat, gelap, menakutkan, mencurigakan, keji
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Brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
English: dark
Bahasa: gelap
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Noun
The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
English: black, blackness, inkiness
Bahasa: kehitaman
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A very dark black
English: coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black
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A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
English: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
Bahasa: Kulit hitam, Negro, Negroid, Ras Negroid
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3 more noun senses
An agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings
English: moss agate
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(board games) the darker pieces
English: black
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Black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
English: black
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