as in dark
not having a pale complexion in bodice rippers the hero is often a swart man of passion and mystery

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Adjective
  • This Georgia Rain style has a dark brown finish with distressing and burnishing for an antique appearance.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The bigger screen sizes each sit on two flat, narrow feet that are dark gray metal.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This Trevisani has a bushy black mustache, an olive complexion, and a broad forehead.
    Domenico Starnone, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Make Your Pool Sparkle Baking soda can make pool water clearer by changing the pH and remove black algae in the process.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Elements of her can be found on Lioness in Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara, a CIA operative trying to save the world from the swarthy — terrorists in Season One, Mexican cartels in Season Two — while raising two girls.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Jett Rink was a really malevolent varmint, and kind of swarthy and dark.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Swart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swart. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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