Brunette

Quick meaning: Brunette is an adjective meaning (of hair) Of a brown color or tone.

Meaning

(of hair) Of a brown color or tone.

More Meanings

1. (of a person) Having brown hair.
2. A person, especially female, with brown hair.

Example Sentences

Brownheads or brunettes use a darker red than blondes and redheads.

The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.

And M. [Henri-François-Alphonse] Esquiros, in describing the Dutch generally, speaks of beauties both blondes and brunettes, ‘for black hair is not uncommon in the Netherlands.’ These words seem to imply that black hair does not preponderate; and, if not, there must be a marked difference between the Dutch and the English. Here again is confirmation of the opinion that the modern English are somewhat more dark-haired than the ancient Saxons.

Word Forms

• brunet
• brunettes

Synonyms for brunette

Depending on context, synonyms include brune, dark, swarthy, dusky, adust, bronzed.

Antonyms for brunette

Common opposites include blonde, blond.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dark-haired, brunet, brown-haired, black-haired, grizzled, dark-skinned.

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