His knee turned a ghastly blackish purple from the swelling.
Source: tatoeba (758043)
Blackish
//ˈblækɪʃ//
Synonyms for "blackish" (13 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 30 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- սևավուն adj (somewhat black)
Asturian
1 entries- anegratáu adj (somewhat black)
Catalan
2 entries- negrenc adj (somewhat black)
- negrós adj (somewhat black)
Danish
3 entries- sortagtig adj (somewhat black)
- sortladen adj (somewhat black)
- sortlig adj (somewhat black)
Esperanto
1 entries- nigreta adj (somewhat black)
French
1 entries- noirâtre adj (somewhat black)
Georgian
1 entries- მოშავო adj (somewhat black)
German
1 entries- schwärzlich adj (somewhat black)
Hebrew
1 entries- שחרחר adj (somewhat black)
Hungarian
1 entries- feketés adj (somewhat black)
Indonesian
1 entries- kehitam-hitaman adj (somewhat black)
Irish
1 entries- scothdhubh adj (somewhat black)
Italian
1 entries- nerastro adj (somewhat black)
Kalmyk
1 entries- харвтр adj (somewhat black)
Kangean
1 entries- celeng adj (somewhat black)
Kazakh
1 entries- қаралау adj (somewhat black)
Latin
1 entries- subniger adj (somewhat black)
Latvian
3 entries- iemelns adj (somewhat black)
- melngans adj (somewhat black)
- melnīgs adj (somewhat black)
Marathi
2 entries- काळपट adj (somewhat black)
- काळसर adj (somewhat black)
Māori
1 entries- pūmangu adj (somewhat black)
Persian
1 entries- سیاهی adj (somewhat black)
Polish
1 entries- czarnawy adj (somewhat black)
Portuguese
3 entries- meio negro/preto adj (somewhat black)
- negrusco adj (somewhat black)
- um tanto negro/preto adj (somewhat black)
Russian
1 entries- чернова́тый adj (somewhat black)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- crnkast adj (somewhat black)
Shor
1 entries- қарамдық adj (somewhat black)
Spanish
1 entries- negruzco adj (somewhat black)
Turkish
2 entries- siyahımsı adj (somewhat black)
- siyahımtırak adj (somewhat black)
Ukrainian
1 entries- чорнявий adj (somewhat black)
Volapük
1 entries- blägilik adj (somewhat black)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
That fig has a blackish color.
Source: tatoeba (9771411)
The slime was blackish and smelly.
Source: tatoeba (9822157)
In winter, the crown is white, but there is a blackish patch about the eyes, and the bill and feet are dark.
Source: tatoeba (11017107)
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