look black

Idioms and Phrases

Appear threatening or unfavorable, as in The future looked black for Henry after he dropped out of school . This expression employs black in the sense of “boding ill,” a usage dating from about 1700. Also see under dirty look .

Example Sentences

In fact, its lack of diversity has been a punchline, like when Colin Jost on “Saturday Night Live’s” “Weekend Update” said, “For those of you too young to remember, ‘Frasier’ was the show that made ‘Friends’ look Black.”

From Los Angeles Times

His eyes look black too, and empty.

From BBC

The banks of fir trees below almost look black.

From Literature

“At times, there was shame that I wanted to be white,” the author said, “other times there was the shame that I want to look Black.”

From Los Angeles Times

That was a space my mom and I had gone to before, and I remember being like, “Oh my God. Look: Black art being given the reverence that it deserves.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• glower
• grimace
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