Meanings
comparative darker-skinned · superlative darkest-skinned · alternative darkskinned
- 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, →OCLCAntonyms: light-skinned
- Of a black person, having relatively dark-colored skin.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving a relatively dark skin.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ὀρφνός, περκνός
- ὀρφνός (orphnós)having dark skin
- περκνός (perknós)having dark skin
Arabic أَسْمَر
- أَسْمَر (ʔasmar)having dark skin
Bulgarian тъмноко́ж
- тъмноко́ж (tămnokóž)having dark skin
Catalan bru
- bruhaving dark skin
Chinese Mandarin 暗色皮膚的 /暗色皮肤的, 黑皮膚的 /黑皮肤的
- 暗色皮膚的 /暗色皮肤的 (ànsè pífū de)having dark skin
- 黑皮膚的 /黑皮肤的 (hēi pífū de)having dark skin
Czech snědý
- snědýhaving dark skin
Danish mørklødet
- mørklødethaving dark skin
Dutch donkerhuidig, donker
- donkerhuidighaving dark skin
- donkerhaving dark skin
Esperanto malhele haŭta, olive haŭta
- malhele haŭtahaving dark skin
- olive haŭtahaving dark skin
Finnish tummaihoinen
- tummaihoinenhaving dark skin
French basané, bronzé
- basanéhaving dark skin
- bronzéhaving dark skin
German dunkelhäutig
- dunkelhäutighaving dark skin
Hebrew שָׁחוּם
- שָׁחוּם (shakhúm)having dark skin
Hindi हब्शी, हबशी
- हब्शी (habśī)having dark skin
- हबशी (habśī)having dark skin
- हबसी (habsī)having dark skin
- काला (kālā)having dark skin
- सियाह (siyāh)having dark skin
- कृष्ण (kŕṣṇa)having dark skin
Hungarian napbarnított
- napbarnítotthaving dark skin
Icelandic hörundsdökkur
- hörundsdökkurhaving dark skin
Irish coirtithe, dubh sa chraiceann
- coirtithehaving dark skin
- dubh sa chraiceannhaving dark skin
- dorcha sa chraiceannhaving dark skin
- dóisceantahaving dark skin
Japanese 浅黒い, 色黒な
- 浅黒い (asaguroi)having dark skin
- 色黒な (iroguro na)having dark skin
- 黒っぽい (kuroppoi)having dark skin
Korean 거무스름하다
- 거무스름하다 (geomuseureumhada)having dark skin
Latin aquilus
- aquilushaving dark skin
Malay gelap
- gelaphaving dark skin
Māori kiri waitutu, kirimangu
- kiri waitutuhaving dark skin
- kirimanguhaving dark skin
- kaunenehuhaving dark skin
Norwegian Bokmål mørkhudet
- mørkhudethaving dark skin
Persian سیاهچرده, اسمر
- سیاهچرده (siyâh-čorde)having dark skin
- اسمر (asmar)having dark skin
Polish ciemnoskóry
- ciemnoskóryhaving dark skin
Romanian smead, oacheș
- smeadhaving dark skin
- oacheșhaving dark skin
- bronzathaving dark skin
Russian темноко́жий, сму́глый
- темноко́жий (temnokóžij)having dark skin
- сму́глый (smúglyj)having dark skin
Spanish moreno, atezado
- morenohaving dark skin
- atezadohaving dark skin
Swedish mörkhyad
- mörkhyadhaving dark skin
Tagalog swarang iyong
- swarang iyonghaving dark skin
Turkish esmer
- esmerhaving dark skin
Ukrainian темношкі́рий
- темношкі́рий (temnoškíryj)having dark skin
Cite this entry
dark-skinned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark-skinned
“dark-skinned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark-skinned. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dark-skinned,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dark-skinned.
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