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blacklist

/ˈblæklɪst/

blacklist noun: a list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.

Noun

blacklist (plural blacklists)

  1. A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.
    • The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block.

Verb

blacklist (third-person singular simple present blacklists, present participle blacklisting, simple past and past participle blacklisted)

  1. (transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
    • You can blacklist known spammers with that button.
    • She blacklisted me from her dorm party since I yakked on her couch last time.

blacklist meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

blacklist in Tamil

தடுப்புப்பட்டியல்

blacklist in Urdu

بلیک لسٹ کریں

blacklist in Bengali

কালো তালিকাভুক্ত করা

blacklist in Telugu

బ్లాక్ లిస్ట్, బ్లాక్లిస్ట్
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blacklist in Malayalam
കരിമ്പട്ടികയിൽ പെടുത്തുക, അനഭിമതരുടെ കൂട്ടത്തിൽ പെടുത്തുക, വിലക്കേർപ്പെടുത്തുക, ബഹിഷ്കരിക്കുക
blacklist in Kannada
ಅಪರಾಧಿಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಕಪ್ಪು ಪಟ್ಟಿ, ವ್ಯವಹಾರ ನಿಷಿದ್ಧ ಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಬಹಿಷ್ಕರಿಸು
blacklist in Punjabi
ਕਾਲੀ ਸੂਚੀਬੱਧ ਕਰੋ
blacklist in Gujarati
બ્લેકલિસ્ટ, બ્લેકલિસ્ટ કરવા માટે, બ્લેકલિસ્ટ કરો
blacklist in Odia
କଳା ତାଲିକାଭୁକ୍ତ ହେବା
blacklist in Nepali
कालोसूची
blacklist in Arabic
قَائِمَة سَوْدَاء qāʔima sawdāʔ
blacklist in Malay
senarai hitam
blacklist in Indonesian
daftar hitam
blacklist in Thai
บัญชีดำ ban-chii-dam, ขึ้นบัญชีดำ kʉ̂n-ban-chii-dam
blacklist in Vietnamese
danh sách đen, đưa vào danh sách đen

Examples of blacklist in a sentence

  • Many people in Hollywood were blacklisted merely because they were suspected of Communist sympathies.
  • He was blacklisted for refusing to say he wasn't a communist.
  • The printer's anti-features made it hardly worth using: the small $40 ink cartridges get blacklisted after first use to prevent refilling.

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Synonyms of blacklist

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of blacklist

Forms of blacklist

Noun
pluralblacklists
Verb
third-person singular presentblacklists
present participleblacklisting
past participleblacklisted
pastblacklisted

Plural of blacklist: blacklists

Origin of blacklist

From black + list.

Words formed from blacklist

Questions about blacklist

What does blacklist mean?
Blacklist means a list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.
What is blacklist in Tamil?
Blacklist in Tamil is தடுப்புப்பட்டியல். See Blacklist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is blacklist?
Blacklist can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce blacklist?
Blacklist is pronounced /ˈblæklɪst/.
What is the plural of blacklist?
The plural of blacklist is blacklists.

Words near blacklist in the dictionary

  1. blacklines
  2. blacklining
  3. Blacklion
  4. blacklip
  5. blacklips
  6. blacklist
  7. blacklistable
  8. blacklisted
  9. blacklistee
  10. blacklistees
  11. blacklister

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: blacklist (page history and authors); blacklist (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blacklist (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blacklist (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blacklist (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blacklist (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); blacklist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blacklist (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blacklist (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blacklist (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blacklist (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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