Dusk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The darker stage of twilight, especially in the evening.
  • adj. Tending to darkness; dusky.
  • v. To become or make dark or dusky.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A period of time occurring at the end of the day during which the sun sets.
  • v. to begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
  • n. Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight.
  • n. A darkish color.
  • v. To make dusk.
  • verb-intransitive. To grow dusk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Dark; tending to darkness; dusky; shaded, either as to light or color; shadowy; swarthy.
  • n. Partial darkness; an obscuring of light, especially of the light of day; a state between light and darkness; twilight: as, the dusk of the evening; the dusk of a dense forest.
  • n. Tendency to darkness of color; swarthiness.
  • To make dusky or dark; obscure; make less luminous.
  • To make dim.
  • To grow dark; begin to lose light, brightness, or whiteness.
  • To cause a dusky appearance; produce a slightly ruffled or shadowed surface.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the time of day immediately following sunset
  • v. become dusk
  • Antonym
    dawn   
    Verb Form
    dusked    dusking    dusks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    darken   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    gloaming    twilight   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dusky    twilight    vespers    smokefall    evenfall   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rusk    brusque    busk    cusk    husk    lusk    musk    rusk    tusk   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    twilight    haze    dawn    sunset    gloom    mist    stillness    moonlight    radiance    blackness