blackish

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Recent Examples of blackish Cottonmouths are often patterned and born with bright yellow tail tips to attract prey, but as the snakes age, the tail tips and discernible patterns usually fade to a dull blackish color. Owen Clarke, Outside, 19 Sep. 2025 Among the 35 hues are trendy cool tones, conventional nudes, vibrant reds, and bold, creative colors like magenta and blackish-purple. Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025 Slugs also may leave behind blackish fecal droppings. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackish
Adjective
  • The glitch smoothed out the eccentricities of texture in the image and cast a dusky halo around every shape.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Wildlife officials have put out a call to the public after the body of a dusky dolphin was found decapitated on a New Zealand beach.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Azoulay updated Compton, a maximalist swirl of florals, with a midnight black backdrop, while Pierce & Ward scaled down the same pattern and punctuated its inky lines with a soft oatmeal ground to create Compton Parvum.
    Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Idle outside on a warm summer evening and let the inky blackness envelope you.
    Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Blackish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackish. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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