dusky

dusky

adjective \ˈdəs-kē\

dusk·i·erdusk·i·est

Definition of DUSKY

1

: somewhat dark in color; specifically : having dark skin

2

: marked by slight or deficient light : shadowy

— dusk·i·ly \-kə-lē\ adverb

— dusk·i·ness \-kē-nəs\ noun

Examples of DUSKY

1. <in the dusky depths of the dungeon>

First Known Use of DUSKY

1558

Related to DUSKY

Synonyms

black, caliginous, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dim, dimmed, dusk, dark, 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

Related Words

crepuscular, twilit; moonless, starless, sunless; cloudy, dull, dulled, lackluster; shadowlike, shadowy, shady; gray (also grey), leaden, pale; beclouded, befogged, clouded, foggy, fuliginous, misty, smoggy, soupy

Near Antonyms

ablaze, agleam, aglitter, alight, beaming, beamy, effulgent, glaring, glowing, incandescent, lambent, radiant, relucent, resplendent, shining, sparkling; ultrabright; glossy, lustrous, shiny; floodlit (also floodlighted), highlighted, spotlighted (or spotlit); moonlit, moony, starlit, sunlit

Rhymes with DUSKY

husky, muskie, musky