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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark-complexioned |
| Synonyms: | black, brown, brunet, dark, dark-hued, dark-skinned, darkish, dusky, swart, tan, tawny |
| Antonyms: | blonde, fair, light, pale |
| Main Entry: | brunette/brunet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark hair and/or skin |
| Synonyms: | bistered, brown, dusky, pigmented, swart, swarthy, tanned, tawny |
| Antonyms: | blond/blonde |
| Main Entry: | dark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaded complexion, hair |
| Synonyms: | adumbral, bistered, black, brunet, brunette, dark-complexioned, dark-skinned, dusky, ebon, ebony, sable, swart, swarthy, tan |
| Antonyms: | light |
| 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: | tawny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brownish |
| Synonyms: | beige, bronze, brown, dusky, olive, swarthy, tanned |
| Main Entry: | brunette |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dark |
| Synonyms: | bistered, brown, brunet, dusky, pigmented, swart, swarthy, tanned, tawny |
| Notes: | brunet(te) is seldom applied to males; brunette is a diminutive of French brun 'brown' |
| Antonyms: | blond, blonde |
| 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' |
| Main Entry: | onyx |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | black |
| Synonyms: | atramentous, brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, inky, jet, jetty, livid, melanoid, murky, obsidian, piceous, pitch, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, sloe, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy |
| Main Entry: | pitch-black |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | black |
| Synonyms: | atramentous, brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, inky, jet, jetty, livid, melanoid, murky, obsidian, onyx, piceous, pitch, pitch-dark, pitch-dark pitchy, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, sloe, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy |
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