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Synonyms & Antonyms of dusk
(Entry 1 of 3)
- under a dusk sky, the campers wearily bedded down for the night
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- ablaze,
- agleam,
- aglitter,
- alight,
- beaming,
- beamy,
- effulgent,
- glaring,
- glowing,
- incandescent,
- lambent,
- radiant,
- relucent,
- resplendent,
- shining,
- sparkling
- floodlit
- (also floodlighted),
- highlighted,
- spotlighted
- (or spotlit)
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dusk
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of dusk (Entry 2 of 3)
- we stopped playing at dusk, since it was getting too dark to see the ball
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- legends of fearsome beasts living in the dusk of the great forest
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- blaze,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- day,
- daylight,
- glare,
- glow,
- light,
- lightness
- the forbidding dusk of Germany's famed Black Forest
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dusk
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of dusk (Entry 3 of 3)
- the grief-stricken woman continued to sit in the dusking room until she was completely enveloped in darkness
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“Dusk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusk. Accessed 6 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of dusk was in the 13th century
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