ALL meanings of brownish
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B b - colour brownish Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour. 3
- noun brownish Brown as a noun and adjective to describe people with a brownish skin color is often perceived as insulting. Historically it has been used by anthropologists and scientists as a racial and ethnic classification to describe various dark-skinned populations, as in North Africa, the Middle East, Malaysia, and South Asia. It is also a term associated with colonialism. In recent times, brown has been used of Hispanics and South Asians in North America, many of whom self-identify as brown. 1
- noun brownish a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue. 1
- noun brownish Offensive. a person whose skin has a light- or dark-brown pigmentation. 1
- adjective brownish of the color brown. 1
- adjective brownish tinged with brown 1
- adjective brownish (of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color. 1
- adjective brownish sunburned or tanned. 1
- adjective brownish Often Offensive. (of human beings) having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color. 1
- idioms brownish browned off, Slang. angry; fed up. 1
- idioms brownish do it up brown, Informal. to do thoroughly: When they entertain, they really do it up brown. 1
- adjective brownish Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown. 0