I. adjective
1.
having the color of soot or coal
a black hearse
Synonyms: atramentous, ebon, ebony, inky, jet, jetty, onyx, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, raven, sable
Related Word: blackish; charcoal, slate; piceous; dusky, swart, swarthy; brunet
Idioms: black as a crow ( or a shoe or the ace of spades), black as hell ( or night)
Antonyms: white
2.
Synonyms: dirty 1, filthy, foul, grubby, impure, nasty, soily, squalid, unclean, uncleanly
3.
Synonyms: gloomy 3, bleak, depressing, depressive, dismal, dispiriting, dreary, funereal, oppressive, somber
4.
Synonyms: utter , absolute, complete, downright, out-and-out, outright, perfect, positive, regular, thoroughgoing
II. verb
Synonyms: bruise 1, contuse