dark-skinned

2 definitions found

dark-skinned - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  dark-skinned \dark-skinned\ adj.
     1. same as colored. [Narrower terms: black (vs. white)]
  
     Syn: colored, coloured.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. having a dark color; -- of skin color.
  
     Syn: dusky, swart, swarthy.
          [WordNet 1.5]

dark-skinned - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dark-skinned
      adj 1: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National
             Association for the Advancement of Colored People";
             "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: colored, coloured,
             dark, dark-skinned, non-white]
      2: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned
         beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a
         smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" [syn: dark-   skinned
         , dusky, swart, swarthy]