black as coal

English

Etymology

From Middle English blak as cole.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

as black as coal (not comparable)

1. (simile) Completely black.

   Synonyms: pitch-black, black as tar

   • 1966, The Rolling Stones (lyrics and music), “Paint It, Black”, in Aftermath:

     I wanna see it painted / painted black / black as night / black as coal

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:black

Antonyms

• white as snow

 

Derived terms

• coal black

 

Translations

completely black

• Hindi: कोयले जैसा काला (koyle jaisā kālā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црн као угљен

  Roman: crn kao ugljen