swarthy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
swarthy
    adj 1: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned
           beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky
           cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is
           archaic" [syn: {dark-skinned}, {dusky}, {swart},
           {swarthy}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swarthy \Swarth"y\, a. [Compar. {Swarthier}; superl.
   {Swarthiest}.] [See {Swart}, a.]
   Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as,
   swarthy faces. "A swarthy Ethiope." --Shak.
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         Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains.
                                                  --Addison.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swarthy \Swarth"y\, v. t.
   To make swarthy. [Obs.] --Cowley.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "swarthy":
      black, blackish, brunet, coal-black, dark, dark-colored,
      dark-skinned, darkish, darksome, dusk, dusky, ebon, ebony,
      funereal, grave, nigrescent, pitch-black, raven, sable, sad, sober,
      somber, sombrous, swart, swarth
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