Dusky

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  • adjective. Having low diffused light; dim or shadowy.
  • adjective. Rather dark in color: synonym: dark.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rather dark; obscure; not luminous; dim: as, a dusky valley.
  • Rather black; dark-colored; fuscous; not light or bright: as, a dusky brown; the dusky wings of some insects.
  • Hence, figuratively, gloomy; sad.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk.
  • adjective. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright.
  • adjective. Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
  • adjective. Intellectually clouded.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
  • adjective. A shade of color that is rather dark.
  • adjective. dark-skinned
  • adjective. ashen, greyish skin coloration
  • noun. A dusky shark.
  • noun. A dusky dolphin.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. naturally having skin of a dark color
  • adjective. lighted by or as if by twilight
  • Word Usage
    "Rather call the dusky and dark-haired Twilight, whose pensive face is limned against the western hills, by the name of that fierce and fervid Noon that stands erect under the hot zenith, instinct with the red blood of a thousand summers, casting her glittering tresses abroad upon the south-wind, and holding in her hands the all-unfolded rose of life."
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    Equivalent
    brunet  brunette  dark  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dusty  fiery  ghostly  golden  misty  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    duskier  duskiest