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# blackish

adjective (blackish; no comparative forms in normal use)

«blackish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Nearly black, or black with a little of another colour in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackish/#m1)
2. Rather dark and dirty-looking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackish/#m2)

### In the lessons

A describing word for colour, used in science (the colour of a rock, a beetle or a bird), in art and in stories to paint a dark, gloomy picture. The ending «-ish» means «rather» or «a bit», as in greenish, reddish, smallish. In stories a blackish river, sky or wood often warns of danger or bad weather.

### Examples

- The beetle had a blackish shell with a green shine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackish/#x1)
- The pond water looked blackish under the trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackish/#x2)
- Blackish clouds rolled in before the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackish/#x3)
- The burnt toast was blackish at the edges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackish/#x4)
- Some crows look blackish blue in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackish/#x5)
- We tested the blackish mud and found it full of rotting leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackish/#x6)
- The Mole peered into the blackish depths of the Wild Wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackish/#x7)

### Note

Built from «black» + «-ish» (= rather, somewhat). It is an adjective only; say «a blackish stone», not «a blackish». Other colour words take the same ending: brownish, greyish (UK) / grayish (US), yellowish. «Blackish» is less than fully black.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blackish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blackish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blackish.html) on Mova free.