black-haired

adjective

Having hair of a black color.

Meanings

adjectiveblack-haired (comparative more black-haired or blacker-haired, superlative most black-haired or blackest-haired)

comparative more black-haired · comparative blacker-haired · superlative most black-haired · superlative blackest-haired

  1. Having hair of a black color.

    Aline looked even smaller and blacker-haired than usual, beside Ashley.

    1992, Iain Banks, chapter 9, in The Crow Road, London: Abacus, published 1996, →ISBN, page 221
    2 more examples

    Then, the voice of the oldest of the Lay brothers, the leader of the pack, the tallest, the blackest-haired, the bluest-eyed.

    2007, Melissa Benn, “1939”, in One of Us, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 31

    He smiled, remembering the morning when Esteban and Gregorio, two of his darkest-eyed, blackest-haired and most sunburnt men, had come to him with a daring plan that he’d immediately sanctioned.

    2017, Graham Hancock, “Friday 27 May 1520–Saturday 28 May 1520”, in Night of Sorrows (War God; 3), London: Coronet, →ISBN, page 293

    Synonyms: noirette

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving hair of a black color.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving hair of a dark color

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Czech černovlasý
  • černovlasýhaving black hair
Danish sorthåret
  • sorthårethaving black hair
Dutch zwartharig
  • zwartharighaving black hair
Finnish mustatukkainen
  • mustatukkainenhaving black hair
German schwarzhaarig, schwatt
  • schwarzhaarighaving black hair
  • schwatthaving black hair
Greek μαυρομάλλης, μελαχρινός
  • μαυρομάλλης (mavromállis)having black hair
  • μελαχρινός (melachrinós)having black hair
Hungarian fekete hajú
  • fekete hajúhaving black hair
Irish dubh, ceanndubh
  • dubhhaving black hair
  • ceanndubhhaving black hair
  • cúldubhhaving black hair
  • dubhfholtachhaving black hair
Japanese 黒髪の
  • 黒髪の (kurokami no)having black hair
Korean 흑발(黒髪)의
  • 흑발(黒髪)의 (heukbar-ui)having black hair
Latvian tumšmatains
  • tumšmatainshaving black hair
Polish czarnowłosy
  • czarnowłosyhaving black hair
Russian черноволосый
  • черноволосый (černovolosyj)having black hair
Spanish moreno, pelinegro
  • morenohaving black hair
  • pelinegrohaving black hair
Swedish svarthårig
  • svarthårighaving black hair
Ukrainian чорноволо́сий
  • чорноволо́сий (čornovolósyj)having black hair

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