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darker-skinned

darker-skinned is the comparative form of dark-skinned.

Meaning of dark-skinned

Adjective

dark-skinned (comparative darker-skinned, superlative darkest-skinned)

  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.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    Antonyms:
    light-skinned
  2. Of a black person, having relatively dark-colored skin.

Questions about darker-skinned

What is darker-skinned the comparative form of?
Darker-skinned is the comparative form of dark-skinned.

Words near darker-skinned in the dictionary

  1. darker
  2. darker hearted
  3. darker-eyed
  4. darker-haired
  5. darker-hearted
  6. darker-skinned
  7. Darkers
  8. Darkes
  9. Darkes Forest
  10. darkest
  11. darkest Africa

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