Modifies a noun

• countenance: It was the name of the fellow with the swarthy countenance.

• face: She stood, amazed and confused, her swarthy face flushed, her eyes full of contempt and regret.

• man: They were swarthy men, and some of them wore earrings.

• fellow: A whole pack of Italians have turned up to back Malvoli -- swarthy, savage fellows of some country, anyhow.

• skin: In his early twenties at most, with a thin build and face, pale under swarthy skin.