blackish
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- adjective
- /ˈblækɪʃ/
- Their mouths had a curious blackish look, as if they'd been bruised, and around their lips flies swarmed and gathered in clusters like bunches of dried currents.
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Watch on YouTubeWe got them in a blackish blue, a yellow and then a red.
- We got them in a blackish blue, a yellow and then a red.
- That one looks cool because it's blackish or bluish and it's rust that doesn't eat the steel.
- So I pull the blanket up and she is, her skin color is Gray and blackish and she's dead.
- Their mouths had a curious blackish look, as if they'd been bruised, and around their lips flies swarmed and gathered in clusters like bunches of dried currents.
Examples
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His suits all seem to be shiny, textureless fabric and blackish in color.
Blog text (4) -
And the foot that was purple is now sort of blackish in color and--
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We got them in a blackish blue, a yellow and then a red.
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Her teeth were bad, with a blackish cast, a few of them missing.
Fiction book (1995) -
Yeah, yeah, blackish grey, if that makes sense.
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So you had this blackish purple on the outside and this red orange pattern on the inside.
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The city was impressive, with some of its age showing, but I was struck most by the blackish coloration of the buildings.
Academic text (1994) -
Overhead, the moon wobbled in the blackish sky.
Fiction book (1997) -
The animal stood its ground, sure-footed, hairy, blackish-gray, hump-backed.
Fiction book (1996) -
Her nails had a blackish hue that made her hands look more elegant.
Synonyms
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A dark color that is black with a little grey
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A dark black color with a slight brown tone
A very dark color that looks like black with a little grey
A dark gray color that looks almost black
Dark brown with a little black
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Etymology
The word blackish is built from black and the ending -ish, which means 'somewhat' or 'like'. So blackish describes something that is 'somewhat black' or has a dark color but is not fully black.