Dusky

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by little or inadequate light; shadowy.
  • adj. Rather dark in color: dusky skin. See Synonyms at dark.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
  • adj. A shade of color that is rather dark.
  • adj. dark-skinned
  • adj. ashen, greyish skin coloration
  • n. A dusky shark.
  • n. A dusky dolphin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk.
  • adj. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright.
  • adj. Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
  • adj. Intellectually clouded.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. naturally having skin of a dark color
  • adj. lighted by or as if by twilight
  • Equivalent
    brunet    brunette    dark   
    Cross Reference
    dusky duck   
    Variant
    duskiest    duskier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dusk    dark-colored    gloomy    sad    melancholy    di   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shadowy    misty    golden    silvery    reddish    rosy    dusty    snowy    sunny    tawny