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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. naturally having skin of a dark color;
- Example: "a dark-skinned beauty"
- Example: "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"
- Example: "a smile on his swarthy face"
- Example: "`swart' is archaic"
[syn: dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy]


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. [1913 Webster] Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swarthy \Swarth"y\, v. t. To make swarthy. [Obs.] --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
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]
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