black as the ace of spades

Adjective

Meaning

black as the ace of spades (not comparable)

(simile) Utterly black; pitch-black.

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 hyaloid milk-white glazy
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Examples

I give a speech to the black freshmen at Harvard each year, and I say, 'You can like Mozart and ice hockey...' - and then I used to say 'golf,' but Tiger took over golf! - 'and Picasso and still be as black as the ace of spades.' Henry Louis Gates

Close letter words and terms

black as night black as pitch black as soot black as the devil black as thunder black ash