Swarthy

a.	1.	Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces. Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains. - Addison.
v. t.	1.	To make swarthy.

Adj.

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swarthy - naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" Synonyms: swart, dark-skinned, dusky

black, blackish, brunet, coal-black, dark, dark-colored, dark-skinned, darkish, darksome, dusk, dusky, ebon, ebony, funereal, grave, nigrescent, pitch-black, raven, sad, sober, somber, sombrous, swart, swarth