English Dictionary
◊ DARK-SKINNED
dark-skinned
adj 1: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark
races"; "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: {colored}, {coloured},
{dark}]
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: {dusky},
{swart}, {swarthy}]