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dusk
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  1. dusk
  2. dusk blue
  3. dusk dark

1dusk

adjective \ˈdəsk\

Definition of DUSK

: dusky

Examples of DUSK

  1. <under a dusk sky, the campers wearily bedded down for the night>

Origin of DUSK

Middle English dosk, alteration of Old English dox; akin to Latin fuscus dark brown, Old English dunn dun, dūst dust
First Known Use: 13th century

Related to DUSK

Synonyms
black, caliginous, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dim, dimmed, dark, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, somber (or sombre), stygian, tenebrific, tenebrous, unlit
Antonyms
bright, brightened, brilliant, illuminated, illumined, light, lit (or lighted), lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous

Rhymes with DUSK

brusque, busk, cusk, husk, musk, rusk, tusk

2dusk

verb

Definition of DUSK

intransitive verb
: to become dark
transitive verb
: to make dark or gloomy

Examples of DUSK

  1. <the grief-stricken woman continued to sit in the dusking room until she was completely enveloped in darkness>

First Known Use of DUSK

13th century

Related to DUSK

Synonyms
blacken, black out, close in, darken
Antonyms
brighten, light, lighten

3dusk

noun

Definition of DUSK

1
: the darker part of twilight especially at night
2
: darkness or semidarkness caused by the shutting out of light
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Examples of DUSK

  1. The park closes at dusk.
  2. <we stopped playing at dusk, since it was getting too dark to see the ball>

First Known Use of DUSK

1622

Related to DUSK

Synonyms
crepuscule (or crepuscle), eve, evenfall, evening, eventide, gloaming, night, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight
Antonyms
aurora, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup

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