swart
adjective
1 swart
Naturally having skin of a dark color:
— A smile on his swarthy face.
— `swart' is archaic.
synonyms: dark-skinned, dusky, swarthy.
verb
Roget 431:
be black
etc.
adj.;
render black
etc.
adj..
blacken,
infuscate†,
denigrate;
blot,
blotch;
smutch†;
smirch;
darken
etc.
421.
black,
sable,
swarthy,
somber,
dark,
inky,
ebony,
ebon,
atramentous†,
jetty;
coal-black,
jet-black;
fuliginous†,
pitchy,
sooty,
swart,
dusky,
dingy,
murky,
Ethiopic;
low-toned,
low in tone;
of the deepest dye.
black as jet
etc.
n.,
black as my hat,
black as a shoe,
black as a tinker's pot,
black as November,
black as thunder,
black as midnight;
nocturnal
etc.
(dark)
421;
nigrescent†;
gray
etc.
432;
obscure
etc.
421.
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