swarthy

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

swarthier

Superlative

swarthiest

1.
Tawny, dusky, dark.
2.
(derogatory)(somewhat derogatory) Dark-skinned; black.
3.
Darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny; tan.
4.
A dark grey color.
5.
(nonstandard)Evil, malicious.
6.
(nonstandard)Weathered, rough.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

swarthies

1.
A swarthy person.
Real controversial stuff, sure, but you know what, he was actually in the dead center of polite opinion when it came to the Negroes and the swarthies and money-grubbing kikes and all those other lovely stereotypes.
The swarthies didn't bother to threaten us this time; instead, they mocked us with catcalls and whistles, as we squeezed past them in abject humiliation.
A school friend of mine, Gavin, one of the swarthies, organised one May afternoon a tea party at his parents' house in Cheyne Walk.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

black dusky sable sootydark-skinned black, dusky, sable, sooty

Trái nghĩa

fairpalefair, pale

Cùng gốc / liên quan

swarthily swarthiness

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Nguồn gốc từ

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