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blackish

UK/ˈblækɪʃ/

blackish adjective: somewhat black.

Adjective

blackish (comparative more blackish, superlative most blackish)

  1. somewhat black
    • Hác Sá (Black Sand) is the most popular beach in Macau. The sand is indeed a grey to blackish colour and makes the water look somewhat dirty (especially at the tide line), but it's perfectly clean.2008, Andrew Stone, Chung Wah Chow, Reggie Ho, “Macau”, in Hong Kong & Macau: City Guide, 13th edition, Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 332, column 1
    Synonyms:
    nigrescent

blackish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Indonesian

blackish in Hindi

somewhat black
श्यामल śyāmal, काला kālā

blackish in Tamil

கருமையான, கறுப்பு நிறம் கலந்த, கருஞ்சாயலான, சற்றே கறுப்பு மிகுந்த, சிறிதே கறுப்பான

blackish in Marathi

somewhat black
काळपट kāḷpaṭ, काळसर kāḷsar

blackish in Indonesian

somewhat black
kehitam-hitaman
More languagesFewer languages
blackish in Persian
سیاهی siyâhi

Synonyms of blackish

Antonyms

Forms of blackish

comparativemore blackish
superlativemost blackish

Origin of blackish

From Middle English blackysshe, blakkyssh, equivalent to black + -ish.

Words formed from blackish

Words that rhyme with blackish

Questions about blackish

What does blackish mean?
Blackish means somewhat black.
What is blackish in Hindi?
Blackish in Hindi is श्यामल (śyāmal), काला (kālā). See Blackish meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is blackish?
Blackish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce blackish?
Blackish is pronounced /ˈblækɪʃ/ (UK).

Words near blackish in the dictionary

  1. blacking
  2. blacking in
  3. blacking out
  4. blacking up
  5. blackings
  6. blackish
  7. blackish-gray antshrike
  8. blackish-gray antshrikes
  9. blackishly
  10. blackishness
  11. blackism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blackish (page history and authors); blackish (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

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