Swarthy: offensive or not? - WordReference Forums Note: This thread was opened in response to a discussion in our Italian forum: swarthy types Cagey, moderator Dear English speakers, is swarthy an offensive term? We American women think of the swarthy type as a dark-skinned (not black), exotic, intense type of man Swarthy is not an
Swarthy: offensive or not? | Page 2 | WordReference Forums I don't think 'swarthy' is in itself offensive, but I am sure it can be used in an offensive and or generalizing context I expect there are romance novels in which a woman (doubtless blonde and blue-eyed and a member of the upper classes) falls in love with a handsome (i e sexy) swarthy sailor the minute she lays eyes in him when she happens
swarthy - WordReference Forums Swarthy is this: Imagine you´re a women and your in a discoteca, and some guy with spiky black hard covered in hair gel, with a shirt open exposing his hairy chest and is wearing really cheesy looking gold chains and starts to ligar contigo in a way muy empalagoso
swarthy - WordReference Forums Ciao Cosa si intende per "swarthy types"? Ci si riferisce ad un golf club in cui l'ingresso e consentito solo ad italoamericani e "swarthy types"
she was dark and her skin was swarthy - WordReference Forums She was dark is a general description It is then followed by two more specific details, one of her hair and the other of her skin Personally, I would have placed a semi-colon after dark In this case, she was dark means non-European in colouring But in many instances it simply refers to hair and eye colour, the opposite of blonde The Dark Lady of Shakespeare's sonnets may have been either
an agent or a victim of the [bowstring] | WordReference Forums The quotation comes from Jane Eyre Chapter 18 Quotation: His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly: he looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring Presently advanced into view Miss Ingram She, too, was attired in
as being mostly black and swarthy | WordReference Forums Moors were commonly viewed as they are mostly black and swarthy, = Moors were commonly pictured by people as a mainly black and swarthy people, Crosspost with dojibear
morena, negra = swarthy tanned tan black - WordReference Forums "skinned" es incompleto Hay que especificar como es el piel (e g , dark-skinned, fair-skinned) Swarthy no se usa mucho hoy en dia, pero sí significa morena Tanned refiere a piel que se ha vuelto mas oscuro por la produccion de melanino como resultado de ser expuesto al sol Black refiere casi exclusivamente a gente de origen africano
swarthy figure - WordReference Forums Sara had the ruddy complexion and swarthy figure of a mountain housewife, reddy-brown curls tumbling chaotically from her head, and eyes the colour of pond water (Stasi Wolf; David Young) Would you be so kind as to tell me whether it works for you? Thanks
And weakness of will could not be imputed to the young man who induced . . . And yet there was just one more suggestion of that immortal, in the rather dilapidated trunk from which the swarthy exquisite now produced a bottle of whisky, very properly locked up out of Laverick's reach And weakness of will could not be imputed to the young man who induced John Dollar to cement their acquaintance with a thimbleful