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Another word for swarthy

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Adjective

  1. Of a complexion tending toward brown or black

    See also:

    colors

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Another word for swarthy

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Sentence Examples

  • His complexion was swarthy, his hair dark, and his eye bright and piercing.

  • Nesvitski could hardly keep from laughter provoked by a swarthy hussar officer who walked beside him.

  • Even so the gods of the Ethiopians are swarthy and flat-nosed, the gods of the Thracians are fair-haired and blue eyed..

  • 6 The latest explanation of Joskeha is " dear little sprout," and of Tawiscara, " the ice-one," while Aataentsic becomes " she of the swarthy body."

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