Tawny synonyms

tô'nē

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dark
Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
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brown (related)
Having a naturally dark or tanned skin; dark-skinned
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red (related)
The definition of red is having the color on the end of the spectrum before orange.
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yellow (related)
Of the color yellow.
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leathery
Like leather in appearance or texture
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tanned
(Of leather) Finished, made using tannic acid (as opposed to abrasion).
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Ciccaba (related)
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Yellow-shouldered (related)
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brownish-tan
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reddish-tan
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brownish-yellow
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tan (related)
Of a yellowish-brown.
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browned
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brownish
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
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dusky
Lacking light; dim; shadowy
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mulatto
Of a mulatto
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russet
Having a reddish-brown color.
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yellowish
Somewhat yellow (in colour).
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golden
Suggestive of gold, as in richness or splendor:
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dark-gold
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tanné (French)
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gold (related)
Having the color of gold
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beige
A pale tan color; the color of natural, undyed wool.
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bronze
Made of or consisting of bronze.
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olive
Having a dark complexion tinged with this color
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swarthy
The definition of swarthy is someone who has a dark complexion.
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tawny-brown
of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather
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Songlark (related)
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mottled (related)
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Black-banded (related)
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red-cheeked (related)
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browed (related)
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Blue-billed (related)
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fan-tailed (related)
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Red-browed (related)
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margarornis (related)
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long-eared (related)
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Tawny Sentence Examples

  • The bake lights came on briefly as he slowed down for the bridge and then the truck disappeared into a cloud of tawny dust.

  • His complexion is tawny, darker than that of the Chinese, but clearer than that of the Cambodian; his hair is black, coarse and long; his skin is thick; his forehead low; his skull slightly depressed at the top, but well developed at the sides.

  • It is black, with tawny rings round the eyes, and white cheeks, throat and chest.

  • None of the sierras or mountains in Uruguay exceeds (or perhaps even attains) a height of 2000 ft.; but, contrasting in their tawny colour with the grassy undulating plains, they loom high and are often picturesque.

  • The stock pond stared up at her coldly from the tawny pasture like a huge eye, the ice-covered edges surrounding a deep blue iris.

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