swarthy > define

adjective

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

• (v.t.) To make swarthy.
• (a.) Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces.