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View synonyms for black book

black book

noun

  1. a book of names of people liable to censure or punishment.


black book

noun

  1. a book containing the names of people to be punished, blacklisted, etc
  2. in someone's black books informal.
    out of favour with someone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of black book1

First recorded in 1470–80
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in someone's black books, in disfavor with someone.
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Example Sentences

As for Carice, she has always been in the forefront of our minds, ever since we saw Black Book five years ago.

She is nominated for Independent Spirit awards, celebrated in non-supermarket magazines like Interview and Black Book.

He has written for New York, The Advocate, Out, Black Book, and Highlights for Children.

He has written for New York, The Advocate, Out, Black Book and Highlights for Children.

Louis went down to the telephones, used one after consulting a little black book.

Mr. Demise took it in his left hand and Reggie deftly plucked the black book from his right hand.

He drew from his inside coat pocket a slim black book which he opened to the first page.

Pippin took the fat black book from the little light-stand beside the bed.

The black book of Hamilton makes mention of great vassalage done at that time by the Governor and the French.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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