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dusk·y

 (dŭs′kē)
adj. dusk·i·er, dusk·i·est
1. Having low diffused light; dim or shadowy.
2. Rather dark in color: dusky blue. See Synonyms at dark.
dusk′i·ly adv.
dusk′i·ness n.
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dusky

(ˈdʌskɪ)
adj, duskier or duskiest
1. dark in colour; swarthy or dark-skinned
2. dim
ˈduskily adv
ˈduskiness n
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dusk•y

(ˈdʌs ki)

adj. dusk•i•er, dusk•i•est.
1. somewhat dark; dimly lit; shadowy.
2. having dark skin.
3. of a dark color.
4. gloomy; sad.
[1550–60; dusk2 + -y1]
dusk′i•ly, adv.
dusk′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.dusky - lighted by or as if by twilightdusky - lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"
twilight, twilit
dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
2.dusky - naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic"
swart, swarthy, dark-skinned
archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
brunet, brunette - marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty"
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dusky

adjective
1. dim, twilight, shady, shadowy, gloomy, murky, cloudy, overcast, crepuscular, darkish, twilit, tenebrous, caliginous (archaic) He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
2. dark, swarthy, dark-complexioned I could see dusky girls with flowers about their necks.
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dusky

adjective
1. Deficient in brightness:
caliginous, dark, dim, murky, obscure.
2. Somewhat black:
blackish, dark.
3. Of a complexion tending toward brown or black:
bistered, black-a-vised, brunet, dark, swarthy.
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Translations
قاتِم اللوْن
temný
dystermørkmørkladen
myrkur; dökkleitur; drungalegur
koyucaloş

dusky

[ˈdʌskɪ] ADJ [pink, blue] → oscuro; [complexion] → moreno
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dusky

[ˈdʌski] adj [evening] → sombre
dusky pink → vieux rose
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dusky

adj (+er) (liter) room, evening, skin, colour → dunkel; person → dunkelhäutig; light → schwach; the light in the room was dusky → es war dämmerig im Zimmer; dusky pink → altrosa
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dusky

[ˈdʌskɪ] adj (complexion, room, light) → scuro/a
dusky pink → rosa antico inv
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dusk

(dask) noun
(the time of) partial darkness after the sun sets; twilight.
ˈdusky adjective
dark-coloured.
ˈduskiness noun
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