dusk

dusk

verb

Definition of DUSK

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

Synonyms blacken, black out, close in, dusk

Related Words dim, fade, wane; gloom, lower (also lour)

Near Antonyms dawn; beam, glow, radiate, shine

Antonyms brighten, light, lighten