inky
/ˈɪŋki/
inky adjective: synonym of black.
Adjective
inky (comparative inkier, superlative inkiest)
- Synonym of black.
- One black and gusty night, when the moon was down and the inky clouds swept fiercely overhead through the starless void; when the cruel wind raged and tore, and the sleety rain came swirlingly, drivingly down […]1870, The Shamrock, volume 8, page 18
- The gloved and jewelled bards who sing
Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere,
Have hardly done the 'handsome thing'
For you, my inky Cytherea.1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24
- Synonyms:
- black
- Containing or bearing ink, especially spattered or stained with ink.
Proper noun capitalized: Inky
Inky (plural Inkies)
- The Inquisitor player character from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.
- Do you like to play as an asshole Inky? What options, lines of dialogues, actions have you picked?2019 July 23, Nabusqua, Reddit
- Of my 9 Inkies, the ones I felt to be the strongest (character-wise) were my atheist Trevelyan Reaver, my devout Andrastian Trevelyan mage, and my rebellious and fiercely elfy Lavellan who romanced Solas.2022 July 2, RhiaStark, Reddit
- Synonyms:
- Quizzy
inky meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
inky in Urdu
- کالا, سیاہ
inky in Malayalam
- കൃഷ്ണവർണ്ണമുള്ള, മഷിയുള്ള, മഷി പുരണ്ട, കറുപ്പായ, മഷിപോലുള്ള
Synonyms of inky
Forms of inky
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | inkier |
| superlative | inkiest |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Inkies |
Origin of inky
From ink + -y.
From Inq(uisitor) + -y, as a term of endearment.
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Words that rhyme with inky
Questions about inky
- What does inky mean?
- Inky means synonym of black.
- What is inky in Urdu?
- Inky in Urdu is کالا, سیاہ. See Inky meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is inky?
- Inky can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce inky?
- Inky is pronounced /ˈɪŋki/.
Words near inky in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inky (page history and authors); Inky (page history and authors); inky (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inky (Malayalam 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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