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Another word for swarthy

swarthy Synonyms

swarthy

modif.

dark skinned, brown, dusky, tawny, dark hued, dark complexioned. See syn. study at dusky.dusky.

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Another word for swarthy

adjective

Of a complexion tending toward brown or black:

bistered, black-a-vised, brunet, dark, dusky. See colors

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His complexion was swarthy, his hair dark, and his eye bright and piercing.
His nickname of Black Dick was given on account of his swarthy complexion, and the well-known portrait by Gainsborough shows that it was apt.
Even so the gods of the Ethiopians are swarthy and flat-nosed, the gods of the Thracians are fair-haired and blue eyed..
Nesvitski could hardly keep from laughter provoked by a swarthy hussar officer who walked beside him.
In front came a man wearing a strange shako and a blue cloak, swarthy, sunburned, and with a hooked nose.

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