Word.ws English Dictionary

black as ink

black as ink adjective: completely black; pitch-black.

Adjective

(as) black as ink (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Completely black; pitch-black.
    • He opened a second bag and, shaking out the contents, displayed another little heap by the side of the first. "Gathered four days ago," he explained.
      "Why, they are as black as ink," commented Loudham. "And the, phew! aroma!"1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Questions about black as ink

What does black as ink mean?
Black as ink means completely black; pitch-black.
What part of speech is black as ink?
Black as ink is an adjective.

Words near black as ink in the dictionary

  1. Black Army
  2. black art
  3. black arts
  4. black as a dog's guts
  5. black as coal
  6. black as ink
  7. black as my hat
  8. black as Newgate's knocker
  9. black as night
  10. black as tar
  11. black as the ace of spades

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: black as ink (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “black as ink.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/black_as_ink. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.