swarthy
IPA: swˈɔrði
noun
- A swarthy person.
adjective
- Tawny, dusky, dark.
- Dark-skinned; Black.
- Darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny; tan.
- A dark grey color.
- (nonstandard) Evil, malicious.
- (nonstandard) Weathered, rough.
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Examples of "swarthy" in Sentences
- His skin was olive, but not dark and swarthy.
- The sterotype is short, swarthy, dark curly hair.
- He was of great stature, strong, swarthy and hairy.
- That is, he would have been swarthy, but not black.
- Swarthy Irish people are called Blacks all the time.
- By Neptune's beard you have the heart of a swarthy sea knave
- We can call the swarthy man in the commercial Walid Ibn Horton.
- The name was also used for someone who had a swarthy complexion.
- He was of somewhat swarthy complexion and had a large mouth and lips.
- His complexion was swarthy, his hair dark, and his eyes bright and piercing.
- Also as with Arabs, Jews also commonly are portrayed as swarthy and hirsute.
- Swart star: the Dogstar, called swarthy because its heliacal rising in ancient times occurred soon after midsummer.
- Once again, as in the case of a woman found guilty by a bank teller of depositing a small cheque, the swarthy are at special risk.
- The people are thus far nearly white in the colour of their skin, but in the more southerly of the three regions above defined, with a mixture of brown, or of the complexion of brunettes, or such as we term swarthy or sallow persons.
- Lean could go either way, it makes sense describing a magazine or a human, but swarthy is a word that has sexual connotations and creates a spark of juxtaposition when placed next to periodicals, injecting an almost comedic element to the opening.
- And in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth.
- The four classes are thralls (slaves who are described as swarthy, twisted, and ugly), karls (freeman farmers, described as strong and ruddy, of red hair and complexion), jarls (earls, described as fair of skin and complexion), and the kings (even fairer than the jarls).
- Standing upon the lonely sea shore, Uriah recalled the swarthy, leering face of Sam Jones, recently punished for infraction of discipline, and the crooked smile of Martin, he who puffed everlastingly at his pipe and wore a red handkerchief for a turban and earrings of heavy gold.
- The number of purely white People in the World is proportionally very small…in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are Germans also, the Saxons only accepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth.
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