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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having skin rich in melanin pigments;
- Example: "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
- Example: "dark-skinned peoples"
[syn: colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white]

2. naturally having skin of a dark color;
- Example: "a dark-skinned beauty"
- Example: "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"
- Example: "a smile on his swarthy face"
- Example: "`swart' is archaic"
[syn: dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy]



The 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]