dark-skinned

adjective

ˈdärk-ˈskind How to pronounce dark-skinned (audio)
: having a brown skin tone : having dark pigmentation of the skin
Uncle Shelton was a thin, dark-skinned black man with … a soft-spoken voice.—Drew T. Brown III

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His mother was a dark-skinned granddaughter of Saint Ann’s enslaved whose peasant kin farmed dasheen and yams. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026 Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has kicked off debates about geopolitics, a dark-skinned woman as Helen of Troy and a trans actor playing a Greek warrior. — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 But Aina’s true legacy is in her mission to make the beauty world more inclusive, particularly for dark-skinned Black women, who have historically been overlooked in the beauty sphere. — Kara Nesvig, Time, 14 July 2026 One appeared to be a dark-skinned male about 14 years old wearing a black Nike sheisty—a slang term for a full-face covering—a black shirt, unknown color shorts, and high white socks; this suspect displayed a black firearm in his waistband. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dark-skinned

Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dark-skinned was in 1750

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“Dark-skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dark-skinned. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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