Definition of dusk
:dusky
- beginning to grow dusk outside
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Examples of dusk in a Sentence
under a dusk sky, the campers wearily bedded down for the night
Origin and Etymology of dusk
Middle English dosk, alteration of Old English dox; akin to Latin fuscus dark brown, Old English dunn dun, dūst dust
dusk Synonyms
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, unlitAntonyms
bright, brightened, brilliant, illuminated, illumined, light, lit (or lighted), lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminousRelated 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, soupyNear 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, sunlitExamples of dusk in a Sentence
the grief-stricken woman continued to sit in the dusking room until she was completely enveloped in darkness
Origin and Etymology of dusk
Definition of dusk
1
:the darker part of twilight especially at night
- The park closes at dusk.
2
:darkness or semidarkness caused by the shutting out of light
Examples of dusk in a Sentence
The park closes at dusk.
we stopped playing at dusk, since it was getting too dark to see the ball
Recent Examples of dusk from the Web
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The most effective way to prevent infection are limiting time outdoors during dusk and dawn, using repellent and protective clothing, getting rid of standing water and having tight-fitting screens on both windows and doors.
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Because the eclipse is a gradual process, birds will sense dusk coming on then night slip in and morning return.
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Hours: Grounds from dawn to dusk daily; nature center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
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At dusk one of those friends, Billy Ray Taylor, went outside to get water from the well and saw a bright object shoot across the sky and into a nearby gully.
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On 31 July, more than 200 protesters gathered just after dusk in the road outside the baseyard.
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The room seems to rest in an eternal dusk, with antique shutters and patterned tile reaching back to French colonial times.
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Small secluded house, with turkeys traipsing through the yard in the morning, deer and bunnies at dusk, and bats at night.
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Acting Interior Minister Fred Matiangi issued a dusk-to-dawn curfew for parts of Garissa, Tana River and Lamu counties.
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Origin and Etymology of dusk
dusk Synonyms
DUSK Defined for English Language Learners
dusk
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Definition of dusk for English Language Learners
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: the time when day changes into night and the sky begins to get darker
DUSK Defined for Kids
dusk
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Definition of dusk for Students
:the time when the sky is getting dark at night
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