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[ swawr-thee, -thee ] / ˈswɔr ði, -θi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR swarthy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, swarth·i·er, swarth·i·est.(of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark. Origin of swarthy1570–80; unexplained variant of obsolete swarty (swart + -y1) OTHER WORDS FROM swarthyswarth·i·ness, nounWords nearby swarthyswarm cell, swarm intelligence, swart, swarth, Swarthout, swarthy, Swartkrans ape-man, swartzite, swash, swashbuckle, swashbuckler Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for swarthyHow could she, so blonde, be living with these swarthy people? Rescued by Racism: The Blonde Maria and the Dark Roma|Tunku Varadarajan|October 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST The swarthy, slender, tidily groomed ex-AT&T salesman from Oklahoma appeared calm as the verdicts were read. Sweat-Lodge Guru’s Homicide Verdict|Terry Greene Sterling|June 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST Where is Sarah Palin when Arizona writes harassment of the swarthy into state law? The Tea Party's Immigration Hypocrisy|Peter Beinart|April 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST A gleam of ferocity passed across the swarthy face of Panther. The Frontiersmen|Gustave Aimard
Peering at him sideways from the corners of the hansom, they could see the quick pallor of his swarthy face. The King of Diamonds|Louis Tracy Slowly the strong and swarthy sailors of the Patria rowed the party to the shore. English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster No one but a god, or one of the swarthy elves themselves, could have found this hidden opening, but Loki knew it well. Stories from Northern Myths|Emilie Kip Baker Both of them had faces that were in strong contrast to the swarthy Latin-American countenances about them. The Key to Yesterday|Charles Neville Buck
British Dictionary definitions for swarthy
adjective swarthier or swarthiestdark-hued or dark-complexioned Derived forms of swarthyswarthily, adverbswarthiness, nounWord Origin for swarthyC16: from obsolete swarty, from swart + -y 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to swarthyblack, brown, dark, dusky, tan, tawny, brunet, darkish, swart |