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[ UK /swˈɔːt/ ]
[ US /ˈswɔɹt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. naturally having skin of a dark color
    `swart' is archaic
    a smile on his swarthy face
    gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
    a dark-skinned beauty

How To Use swart In A Sentence

  • Perrault's ‘Bluebeard’ is the story of a rich, middle-aged gentleman, named for his swarthy chin and saturnine manner, who marries a young woman.
  • And here the conquered men of Ind, swarthy horsemen and sword wielders, fiercely barbaric, blazing in crimson and scarlet, Sikhs, Rajputs, Burmese, province by province, and caste by caste. CORONATION DAY
  • Greeks were everywhere -- swarthy men in sea-boots and tam-o'-shanters, hatless women in bright colors, hordes of sturdy children, and all speaking in outlandish voices, crying shrilly and vivaciously with the volubility of the Mediterranean. CHAPTER XI
  • Stock villains tend to be swarthy, towel-headed terrorists or slit-eyed, buck-toothed guerrillas.
  • A number of swarthy men in bizarre dark glasses had taken over the fishing activity.
  • He was swarthy and well-built, with dark hair and a moustache.
  • Wait I pose that question to the members of NOW. swarty wrote on January 30, 2008 9: 12 PM: Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Attacks Hillary As Calculating And Divisive
  • Why did he invoke the swarthy boogeymen of the modern right-wing imagination right before launching into a verse about the good old days when his "grandpappy" would "take all the rope in Texas ... find a tall oak tree," and "hang them high in the street, for all the people to see? Max Blumenthal: Feelin' The Hate With Toby Keith Nation
  • “Hear, King Moloch!” called Hasdrubal, lifting his swarthy arms to heaven, then striking them with his sword till the blood gushed down, “suffer us to escape this calamity and I vow thee even my daughter Tibaït, — a child in her tenth year, — she shall die in thy holy furnace a sacrifice.” A Victor of Salamis
  • Ricky's grin of recognition revealed a healthy complement of gleaming white dentition, all the more albescent in contrast to his swarthy visage.
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