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black-haired

black-haired

5 1.0
Having black or very dark hair
  • adjective
  • /blæk hɛrd/
translation icon : de cabello negro
  • There was only one picture in it: a black-haired girl with a heart-shaped face and lovely blue eyes.

Examples

  • I met a black-haired man who was sharing stories of his travels.

  • Darkness is dominant, and so my mother and I are black-haired and dark-eyed.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Standing in the market square, we know that it is a little black-haired girl.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The only one not working was a small, black-haired man at a desk beside the door.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • "Mommy, go slower," she moaned, too quiet for the tall, black-haired woman beside her to hear.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Although her family was Spanish and poor, she was fair-skinned, green-eyed, and black-haired.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • "When Arna opens the door, in walks a black-haired girl in her early thirties.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Annalisa held her breath as a black-haired young man deftly climbed the remaining steps to the special rock.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Corran started, then turned and smiled at the black-haired, dark-eyed woman standing in the bedroom doorway.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The black-haired girl in the park was wearing a bright yellow dress.

Synonyms

dark-haired
vsblack-haired
20 1.5

A person with dark hair like black or brown

is restricted to hair that is the very darkest shade rather than browns
ink-black
vsblack-haired
1 3.2

Very dark black like raven feathers in the sun

is used for hair color specifically not for any very deep shade

How Dark

black-haired
5 1.0
dark-haired
20 1.5
brown-haired
4 1.0
light-haired
1 2.6

Surface Forms

black-haired positive

Morphology

black-haired = black + haired (transparent) = black + hair + ed

A straightforward compound of 'black' + 'haired' (haired = hair + -ed), so knowing the base words lets learners infer the meaning.

Etymology

Black-haired is simply made from the common words black ('very dark') and hair ('the hair on your head'), with -ed showing the quality. So, black-haired means 'having black hair'.