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dark-skinned peoples
a dark-skinned beauty
gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
a smile on his swarthy face
`swart' is archaic
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adjectiveUseful english dictionary. 2012.
dark-skinned — adj. 1. same as {colored}. [Narrower terms: {black (vs. white)}] Syn: colored, coloured. [WordNet 1.5] 2. having a dark color; of skin color. Syn: dusky, swart, swarthy. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dark-skinned — adjective Having a relatively dark skin … Wiktionary
dark-skinned — having dark skin, swarthy, Negro … English contemporary dictionary
dark-skinned — /ˈdak skɪnd/ (say dahk skind) adjective having dark coloured skin …
-skinned — UK [skɪnd] US suffix used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing skin a tall dark skinned man smooth skinned fruit Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym See also: thick skinned … Useful english dictionary
skinned — [ skınd ] suffix used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing skin: a tall dark skinned man smooth skinned fruit => THICK SKINNED, THIN SKINNED … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
skinned — (skĭnd) adj. Having skin of a specified kind. Often used in combination: fair skinned; dark skinned. * * * … Universalium
dark — [adj1] lack of light aphotic, atramentous, black, blackish, caliginous, Cimmerian, clouded, cloudy, crepuscular, darkened, dim, dingy, drab, dull, dun, dusk, dusky, faint, foggy, gloomy, grimy, ill lighted, indistinct, inky, lightless, lurid,… … New thesaurus
Dark Edge — ダーク・エッジ (Dāku Ejji) Genre Adventure, Horror, Psychological Manga Written by Yu Aikawa … Wikipedia
-skinned — [skind] suffix combining form having (a specified kind of) skin: used in hyphenated compounds [dark skinned] * * * … Universalium
