dark-skinned
dark-skinned adjective: having a relatively dark skin.
Adjective
dark-skinned (comparative darker-skinned, superlative darkest-skinned)
- 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.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- Antonyms:
- light-skinned
- Of a black person, having relatively dark-colored skin.
dark-skinned meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi
dark-skinned in Hindi
- having dark skin
- हब्शी habśī, हबशी habśī, हबसी habsī, काला kālā, सियाह siyāh, कृष्ण kŕṣṇa
dark-skinned in Urdu
- dark-skinned, Negro
- زنگی zaṅgī
dark-skinned in Bengali
- dark-skinned
- কৃষ্ণাঙ্গ kriśnaṅgo
dark-skinned in Punjabi
- dark-skinned
- ਕਾਲ਼ਾ kāḷā
More languagesFewer languages
- dark-skinned in Tagalog
- swarang iyong
- dark-skinned in Arabic
- أَسْمَر ʔasmar
- dark-skinned in Malay
- gelap
- dark-skinned in Persian
- سیاهچرده siyâh-čorde, اسمر asmar
Synonyms of dark-skinned
Antonyms
Forms of dark-skinned
| comparative | darker-skinned |
|---|---|
| superlative | darkest-skinned |
| alternative form | darkskinned |
Questions about dark-skinned
- What does dark-skinned mean?
- Dark-skinned means having a relatively dark skin.
- What is dark-skinned in Hindi?
- Dark-skinned in Hindi is हब्शी (habśī), हबशी (habśī), हबसी (habsī). See Dark-skinned meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dark-skinned?
- Dark-skinned is an adjective.
Words near dark-skinned in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dark-skinned (page history and authors); زنگی (Urdu) (page history and authors); কৃষ্ণাঙ্গ (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਕਾਲ਼ਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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