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swarthy
[ swawr-thee, -thee ]
adjective
- (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
swarthy
/ ˈɔːðɪ /
adjective
- dark-hued or dark-complexioned
Derived Forms
- ˈɲٳԱ, noun
- ˈɲٳ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɲٳ··Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of swarthy1
Example Sentences
The best reason to watch it is Jude Law’s swarthily entertaining performance as Henry at his vilest, with state-of-the-art support from a horrifically pus-leaking, maggot-ridden leg wound.
Among the thousands flocking to the city was a “short, scrappy and swarthy” Philadelphia artist born Emmanuel Radnitzky, “a pure product of immigrant America” in both his ambition and taste for self-reinvention.
While these sensational tales depict the abortionist as swarthy and ugly, the women they harm reflect 19th-century Anglo-American feminine ideals.
Not by accident, the sculpture’s glorious St. Michael is a rosy-cheeked, whiter-than-white European, while the subjugated devil bears dark, swarthy, mustachioed features of a grimacing Indian.
A slim, swarthy young fellow, Lupe moved softly as a cat, and purred when he spoke.
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