Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Somewhat black; moderately black or dark.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Somewhat black.

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  • adjective somewhat black

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of something that is somewhat black

Etymologies

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black +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • She suddenly said she could make out the letters S-O-N in blackish paint in the upper right area of the mural.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • "Chalice" (1942) is painted ghostly white within blackish wash.

    Taking Senses to the Extreme Lance Esplund 2010

  • "From the air it looks brownish with some sheen, but when you get close and put it up on the ice and in the bucket, it's kind of blackish stuff ... (and) has hairy strands on it."

    The Lovecraft News Network 2009

  • "From the air it looks brownish with some sheen, but when you get close and put it up on the ice and in the bucket, it's kind of blackish stuff ... (and) has hairy strands on it."

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • In his second story that day, however, following his hospital visits, he would describe "Disease X," and victims, who have "neither a burn or a broken limb," wasting away with "blackish" mouths and red spots, and small children who "have lost some hair."

    Greg Mitchell: How Press Censorship Hid the Shocking Truth About Nagasaki A-Bomb 65 Years Ago 2010

  • Her flaxen hair streamed wild and stringy over back and shoulders, she wore some kind of blackish felt tunic with long sleeves, and beneath it tight-legged trousers.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • "I bet we get a kind of blackish white," said Pee-wee.

    Tom Slade at Temple Camp Percy Keese Fitzhugh 1913

  • We waited several minutes in the office until finally he returned carrying a gourd, incrusted on its hollow inside surface with a kind of blackish substance.

    Gold of the Gods 1908

  • "From the air it looks brownish with some sheen, but when you get close and put it up on the ice and in the bucket, it's kind of blackish stuff ... (and) has hairy strands on it."

    British Blogs 2009

  • Flowers give way in fall to blackish berries which often persist into winter.

    Don’t Monkey Around: It’s time to trim your Monkey Grass « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009

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