Meaning

6 senses
  1. Tawny, dusky, dark.

  2. (derogatory)Dark-skinned; black.

  3. Darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny; tan.

  4. A dark grey color.

    naturally having skin of a dark color

  5. (nonstandard)Evil, malicious.

  6. (nonstandard)Weathered, rough.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. They have swarthy skin and black hair.

    ruУ них смуглая кожа и чёрные волосы.

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  2. I can't understand how she can be so fair when her brother is swarthy.

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  3. The door was opened by an odd, swarthy, dried-up person of uncertain age.

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  4. Even swarthy and deformed, he struts around!

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  5. Michael the swarthy Hongkonger says, "I like Venti Americano," whilst holding his coffee cup.

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Origin

Alteration of obsolete swarty, from swart + -y, from Old English sweart (“black”).

Alteration of obsolete swarty, from swart + -y, from Old English sweart (“black”).

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Forms

swarthier, swarthiest
Comparativeswarthier Lesson
Superlativeswarthiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
of people, generally:fairA1

Word family

2 related words
Derivedswarthily

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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