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| Main Entry: |
brunette/brunet
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark hair and/or skin |
| Synonyms: | bistered, brown, dusky, pigmented, swart, swarthy, tanned, tawny |
| Antonyms: | blond/blonde |
| Main Entry: | dusky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark-hued; murky |
| Synonyms: | adusk, bistered, bleak, brunette, caliginous, cheerless, cloudy, crepuscular, dark, dark-complexioned, darkish, desolate, dim, dismal, dull, funereal, gloomy, joyless, lightless, obscure, overcast, sable, shadowy, shady, swart, swarthy, tenebrous, twilight, twilit, unilluminated, veiled |
| Antonyms: | bright, clear, light |
| Main Entry: | brunet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark |
| Synonyms: | brunette, dusky, olive-skinned, swarthy, tanned |
| Notes: | brunet(te) is seldom applied to males; brunette is a diminutive of French brun 'brown' |
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