dark-skinned
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2.2
- adjective
- /dɑrk-skɪnd/
:
de piel oscura
- "You find my dog?" a dark-skinned woman, her hair and clothes completely wet, asked me.
- dark-skinned boy
Chanta is dark skinned Loacian from Laos.
- Chanta is dark skinned Loacian from Laos.
- So, you know, historically this whole, you know, it, it comes from white people being better than darker skinned people, right?
- I said, ma'am, the only way I can do that is if I am partnered in equal level with a dark skinned person from the continent.
- So we have a long history of seeing lighter skinned people as black as just as black as darker skinned people.
- We had are both dark skinned black men who have faced the prejudice of being dark complected in our own community.
- On the other hand, the idea of blackness, that is poor dark skinned people, I think we will have that with us always.
- So the Katya are, you know, more dark skinned and, you know, darker hair, brown eyes, that, that, that sort of thing.
Examples
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The dandy's companion, a comely dark-skinned lass, was equally well attired.
Fiction book (1992) -
My grandfather, as I remember him, was a very dark-skinned man with a powerfully built frame.
Fiction book (1993) -
I am a dark-skinned Indian woman.
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But, I was always partial to dark-skinned men.
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In the audience, sitting with Bembry, is Betty, a lovely dark-skinned woman.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Are you being harassed?" whispered a young, dark-skinned man in a suit and tie.
Fiction book (2002) -
Their tour guide arrived at last, a dark-haired, dark-skinned young man with broad shoulders and a pleasant smile.
Fiction book (1990) -
Krystin watched a dark-skinned young man place a series of towering obstacles in his way.
Fiction book (1992) -
A dark-skinned moor, bearded, a sort of intellectual Othello.
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I am a dark-skinned Indian woman.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having a deep brown or nearly black color
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7.3
Having naturally dark skin
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5.4
Having naturally dark skin
Having dark skin
Having very dark skin, fur, or feathers because of a natural dark substance
Having dark skin and dark hair, often describing a woman's appearance
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dark-skinned is a simple combination of dark and skinned, where dark means 'not light' and skinned means 'having a certain kind of skin'. So, dark-skinned describes someone who has naturally dark-coloured skin.