jet-black

Examples

• All

• She wore a stunning dress that contrasted beautifully with her jet-black hair.

• Oh, she's about so tall, jet-black hair and large brown eyes.

  One Way Passage (1932)

• The thing is, other than my hair being jet black, I look just like my mother did.

• I have some beautiful jet black acrylic.

• Standing on the end of a branch that sagged almost to the ground was a jet-black crow, the biggest crow he had ever seen.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Her jet-black hair seemed to float behind her; her red plastic bag gleamed menacingly against her black jacket.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The streetlight cast blue highlights on the man's jet-black mustache and short, straight black hair.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Their long, jet-black hair, ornately braided in the manner known as shuruba, falls in a single mass well below the back of the neck.

  Academic text (2004)

• "He put the key in his pocket, smiled, and left, climbing into a jet-black Ford F350 dually pickup.

  Fiction book (1993)

• His jet-black car gleamed under the streetlights, standing out against the bright city lights.

Synonyms

B

black

vsjet-black

∞ 1.0

Very dark in color like coal or the night

is a stronger form that emphasizes extreme intensity

I

inky

vsjet-black

14 2.8

Very dark in color like black ink

is intensely black but states extreme darkness without the fluid image

P

pitch-black

vsjet-black

8 3.4

Completely dark with no light

is intensely black stressing deep color rather than darkness amount

C

coal-black

vsjet-black

1 4.1

A very deep black color like coal

is intensely black but more general about extreme blackness than tone

I

inky-black

vsjet-black

1 3.3

Very dark like black ink

is intensely black but less tied to a wet glossy image

I

ink-black

vsjet-black

1 3.2

Very dark black like raven feathers in the sun

is intensely black but centers on raw depth rather than liquid comparison

P

pitchy

vsjet-black

7.9

Completely black like coal

is intensely black but focuses on pure depth rather than thickness

S

soot-black

vsjet-black

5.5

Very black in color like dust left by a fire

is intensely black but names pure color intensity rather than residue image

S

sooty-black

vsjet-black

4.7

Very deep black like soot

is intensely black but uses a plain color focus not dusty imagery

E

ebon

vsjet-black

• Literature

9.9

Very deep black in color

is intensely black but more plain and direct than poetic use

A

atramentous

vsjet-black

• Archaic

9.9

Very dark, almost black, in color or very sad and gloomy

is intensely black but stays purely about color not mood

Antonyms

W

white

∞ 1.0

A very light color that reflects most visible light like snow

L

light-colored

• US

10 2.4

Not dark in color, often pale like white

How Black

pitch-black

8 3.4

jet-black

3 3.9

black

∞ 1.0

dark

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology