black as coal

Adjective

Meaning

as black as coal (not comparable)

(simile) Completely black.
Synonyms: pitch-black, black as tar

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

ebon ebony sable obsidian onyx jetty blackish jet-black inky pitch-black pitchy coal-black pitch-dark atramentous atramental
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Antonyms

milky chalky snowy lacteal hyaloid milk-white
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Examples

The egg is white though the hen is black as coal...Out of evil comes good, through the great goodness of God. Charles Spurgeon

Close letter words and terms

black as a skillet black as a stack of black cats black as a sweep black as ink black as midnight black as Newgate's knocker