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dark-skinned

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a relatively dark skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: light-skinned

2

adj

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having skin rich in melanin pigments

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • dark-skinned peoples

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: colored, coloured, dark, non-white

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

naturally having skin of a dark color

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dark-skinned beauty
  • gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
  • a smile on his swarthy face
  • `swart' is archaic

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dusky, swart, swarthy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَسْمَر (ʔasmar) — having dark skin
  • Armenian: թուխ (tʻux) — having dark skin
  • Belarusian: цемнаску́ры (cjemnaskúry) — having dark skin
  • Bulgarian: тъмноко́ж (tǎmnokóž) — having dark skin
  • Catalan: bru — having dark skin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 暗色皮膚的 /暗色皮肤的 (ànsè pífū de) — having dark skin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑皮膚的 /黑皮肤的 (hēi pífū de) — having dark skin
  • Czech: snědý — having dark skin
  • Danish: mørklødet — having dark skin
  • Dutch: donkerhuidig — having dark skin
  • Dutch: donker — having dark skin
  • Esperanto: malhele haŭta — having dark skin
  • Esperanto: olive haŭta — having dark skin
  • Finnish: tummaihoinen — having dark skin
  • French: basané — having dark skin
  • French: bronzé — having dark skin
  • Galician: moreno — having dark skin
  • Georgian: მუქი (muki) — having dark skin
  • German: dunkelhäutig — having dark skin
  • Ancient Greek: ὀρφνός (orphnós) — having dark skin
  • Ancient Greek: περκνός (perknós) — having dark skin
  • Hebrew: שָׁחוּם (shakhúm) — having dark skin
  • Hindi: हब्शी (habśī) — having dark skin
  • Hindi: हबशी (habśī) — having dark skin
  • Hindi: हबसी (habsī) — having dark skin
  • Hindi: काला (kālā) — having dark skin
  • Hindi: सियाह (siyāh) — having dark skin
  • Hindi: कृष्ण (kŕṣṇa) — having dark skin
  • Hungarian: napbarnított — having dark skin
  • Icelandic: hörundsdökkur — having dark skin
  • Irish: coirtithe — having dark skin
  • Irish: dubh sa chraiceann — having dark skin
  • Irish: dorcha sa chraiceann — having dark skin
  • Irish: dóisceanta — having dark skin
  • Japanese: 浅黒い (asaguroi) — having dark skin
  • Japanese: 色黒な (iroguro na) — having dark skin
  • Japanese: 黒っぽい (kuroppoi) — having dark skin
  • Korean: 거무스름하다 (geomuseureumhada) — having dark skin
  • Ladino: moreno — having dark skin
  • Latin: aquilus — having dark skin
  • Malay: gelap — having dark skin
  • Māori: kiri waitutu — having dark skin
  • Māori: kirimangu — having dark skin
  • Māori: kaunenehu — having dark skin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mørkhudet — having dark skin
  • Persian: سیاهچرده (siyâh-čorde) — having dark skin
  • Persian: اسمر (asmar) — having dark skin
  • Polish: ciemnoskóry — having dark skin
  • Romanian: smead — having dark skin
  • Romanian: oacheș — having dark skin
  • Romanian: bronzat — having dark skin
  • Russian: темноко́жий (temnokóžij) — having dark skin
  • Russian: сму́глый (smúglyj) — having dark skin
  • Samoan: ʻuli — having dark skin
  • Spanish: moreno — having dark skin
  • Spanish: atezado — having dark skin
  • Swedish: mörkhyad — having dark skin
  • Tagalog: swarang iyong — having dark skin
  • Turkish: esmer — having dark skin
  • Ottoman Turkish: قرامان (karaman) — having dark skin
  • Ukrainian: темношкі́рий (temnoškíryj) — having dark skin