wearing black
Dressed in darkness
Wearing black describes dressing in black clothing, often as a deliberate choice.
Black is the conventional color of mourning in Western cultures: The whole family was wearing black at the funeral.
Beyond grief, wearing black signals sophistication, artistic sensibility, or countercultural identity—stagewands, beatniks, goths, and New Yorkers all favor it.
She's always wearing black.
- darkAbsence of light
- mourningPeriod following loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
slimming · noir · shadow · formal · fashion statement · sleek · chic · midnight · somber · stylish · monochrome · widow · priest · ninja · Johnny Cash · turtleneck · leather · velvet
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- memorial customscemetery visits, grave visits, lighting candles, church services, requiem mass
- mopingbrooding, sulking, wallowing, pouting, sighing
- griefgrief, mourning, bereavement, sorrow, grieving
- gesturesgesture, hand gestures, applause, hand raise, tap on shoulder