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adj
- characterized by anger
- easily moved to anger
- quickly aroused to anger
- (medicine) Synonym of choleraic (“of or relating to cholera; also, affected by cholera”).
- Of or relating to choler.
- (astrology, historical) Of a planet or zodiac sign, season, etc.: affecting people having an excess of choler, causing anger or irritability.
- Of a person: having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; also, of a person's complexion or temperament: dominated by choler.
- Of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged.
- Senses relating to cholera (“any of several acute infectious diseases caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium”).
- Of an act, feeling, words, etc.: arising from or showing anger.
noun
noun
- Anger; a fit of anger.
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- A tendency to become angry.
- A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- State of mind; mood.
- Middle state or course; mean; medium.
- The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
- Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
- (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
- The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
- (pottery, architecture) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; tempering.
- The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
- the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
- a sudden outburst of anger
- a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
verb
- (cooking) To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.
- To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
- (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
- To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
- To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
- To moderate or control.
- change by restraining or moderating
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
noun
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
- an irritable petulant feeling
- (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
- The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
- (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
adj
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
noun
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
verb
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
- The state of being angry.
- obsolete terms for legal insanity
- an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
- unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
- the quality of being rash and foolish
- Rash folly.
- The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
- a state of extreme anger
- Violent uncontrolled anger.
- violent state of the elements
- something that is desired intensely
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- A current fashion or fad.
- (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.
- (music) A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
verb
noun
- the state of being angry
- a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.
verb
noun
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
- an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
- (countable) That which annoys.
- (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
noun
verb
- feel extreme irritation or anger
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- cause friction
- warm by rubbing, as with the hands
- (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
- (intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
- (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
- (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
noun
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- (uncountable) The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.
- (uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.
- (uncountable) The state of being physically annoyed or irritated.
- (law, uncountable) The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) The state of being mentally distressed or troubled.
noun
- intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
- belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- (uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
noun
- a feeling of resentful anger
- a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
- (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
verb
adj
- causing anger or annoyance
- for the purpose of attack rather than defense
- violating or tending to violate or offend against
- morally offensive
- causing or able to cause nausea
- unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
- Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
- (sports) Having to do with play directed at scoring.
- Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
noun
noun
- a feeling of anger caused by being offended
- the action of attacking an enemy
- a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right
- a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
- the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
- British, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada standard spelling of offense.
noun
- a feeling of anger caused by being offended
- the action of attacking an enemy
- a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right
- a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
- the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
- An affront, injury, or insult.
- A crime or sin.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
- The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.
noun
- (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
- Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.
- (figuratively) Internal energy for progress or motive power.
- (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
- Mist, fog.
- The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
- Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
- A steam-powered vehicle, referring to their use.
- The act of cooking by steaming.
- Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
- water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
- (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
- (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
- (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
- (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
- (intransitive, literal, figurative) To be cooked with steam.
- (transitive) To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
- (transitive) To cover with condensed water vapor.
- cook something by letting steam pass over it
- emit steam
- get very agitated or angry
- clean by means of steaming
- travel by means of steam power
- rise as vapor
intj
noun
verb
adj
- (by extension) angry
- (by extension) embarrassed
- (by extension) inebriate
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, face.
- (by extension) flustered
- (by extension) exhausted
- having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
noun
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
- Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
- Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
- (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
- Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
verb
noun
- Anger; a fit of anger.
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- A tendency to become angry.
- A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
- State of mind; mood.
- Middle state or course; mean; medium.
- The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling.
- Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
- (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.
- The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
- (pottery, architecture) A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; tempering.
- The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities.
- the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
- a sudden outburst of anger
- a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
verb
- (cooking) To adjust the temperature of an ingredient (e.g. eggs or chocolate) gradually so that it remains smooth and pleasing.
- To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
- (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
- To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
- To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
- To moderate or control.
- change by restraining or moderating
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
noun
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
- an irritable petulant feeling
- (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
- The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
- (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
- The state of being angry.
- obsolete terms for legal insanity
- an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
- unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
- the quality of being rash and foolish
- Rash folly.
- The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
- a state of extreme anger
- Violent uncontrolled anger.
- violent state of the elements
- something that is desired intensely
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- A current fashion or fad.
- (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.
- (music) A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
verb
noun
- the state of being angry
- a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.
verb
noun
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
- an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
- (countable) That which annoys.
- (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
noun
verb
- feel extreme irritation or anger
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- cause friction
- warm by rubbing, as with the hands
- (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
- (intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
- (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
- (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
noun
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- (uncountable) The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.
- (uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.
- (uncountable) The state of being physically annoyed or irritated.
- (law, uncountable) The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) The state of being mentally distressed or troubled.
noun
- intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
- belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- (uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
noun
- a feeling of resentful anger
- a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
- (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
verb
noun
- a feeling of anger caused by being offended
- the action of attacking an enemy
- a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right
- a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
- the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
- British, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada standard spelling of offense.
noun
- a feeling of anger caused by being offended
- the action of attacking an enemy
- a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right
- a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
- the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
- An affront, injury, or insult.
- A crime or sin.
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
- The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.
noun
- (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
- Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation.
- (figuratively) Internal energy for progress or motive power.
- (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.
- Mist, fog.
- The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
- Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
- A steam-powered vehicle, referring to their use.
- The act of cooking by steaming.
- Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
- water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
- (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
- (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
- (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
- (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
- (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
- (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
- (intransitive, literal, figurative) To be cooked with steam.
- (transitive) To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
- (transitive) To cover with condensed water vapor.
- cook something by letting steam pass over it
- emit steam
- get very agitated or angry
- clean by means of steaming
- travel by means of steam power
- rise as vapor
noun
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
- Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
- Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
- (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
- Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
verb
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
- a state of extreme anger
- Violent uncontrolled anger.
- violent state of the elements
- something that is desired intensely
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- A current fashion or fad.
- (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.
- (music) A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
verb
noun
- the state of being angry
- a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.
verb
noun
verb
- feel extreme irritation or anger
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- cause friction
- warm by rubbing, as with the hands
- (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
- (intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
- (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
- (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
adj
- characterized by anger
- easily moved to anger
- quickly aroused to anger
- (medicine) Synonym of choleraic (“of or relating to cholera; also, affected by cholera”).
- Of or relating to choler.
- (astrology, historical) Of a planet or zodiac sign, season, etc.: affecting people having an excess of choler, causing anger or irritability.
- Of a person: having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; also, of a person's complexion or temperament: dominated by choler.
- Of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged.
- Senses relating to cholera (“any of several acute infectious diseases caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium”).
- Of an act, feeling, words, etc.: arising from or showing anger.
noun
adj
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
noun
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
verb
adj
- causing anger or annoyance
- for the purpose of attack rather than defense
- violating or tending to violate or offend against
- morally offensive
- causing or able to cause nausea
- unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
- Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
- (sports) Having to do with play directed at scoring.
- Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
noun
adj
- (by extension) angry
- (by extension) embarrassed
- (by extension) inebriate
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, face.
- (by extension) flustered
- (by extension) exhausted
- having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion