'Swarthy' definitions:
Definition of 'swarthy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Swarthy'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Swarthy'
From: GCIDE
- Swarthy \Swarth"y\, v. t. To make swarthy. [Obs.] --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'swarthy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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