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[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.
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         Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains.
                                                  --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Swarthy \Swarth"y\, v. t.
   To make swarthy. [Obs.] --Cowley.
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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