dark-skinned

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dark-skinned

adjective darker-skinned · darkest-skinned · darkskinned

  1. Having a relatively dark skin. "They are only fit for muck, they are; and they smell bad enough for it already." Job, it will be perceived, was no admirer of the manners and customs of our dark-skinned brothers.

    Opposite: light-skinned

  2. Of a black person, having relatively dark-colored skin.

Similar: swarthy

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adjective

Similar: swarthy

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adj having dark skin

Españolmoreno, atezado
한국어거무스름하다 geomuseureumhada
日本語浅黒い asaguroi, 色黒な iroguro na, 黒っぽい kuroppoi
中文暗色皮膚的 /暗色皮肤的 ànsè pífū de, 黑皮膚的 /黑皮肤的 hēi pífū de
हिन्दीहब्शी habśī, हबशी habśī, हबसी habsī, काला kālā, सियाह siyāh, कृष्ण kŕṣṇa
Françaisbasané, bronzé
Deutschdunkelhäutig
Românăsmead, oacheș, bronzat
Русскийтемноко́жий temnokóžij, сму́глый smúglyj
العربيةأَسْمَر ʔasmar
עבריתשָׁחוּם shakhúm

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@misc{dark_skinned_2026,
  title = {dark-skinned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dark-skinned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}