DUSKINESS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

duskiness

noun

Definition of duskiness

as in blackness

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Noun

In the foreground, the telescope's payload adapter can be seen, while just behind, the orbital observatory floats into the blackness of space with its solar arrays still folded for launch.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Totality was extraordinary, with a circle of blackness in the sky.

— Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of blackness

Noun

One acrylic piece plus one strip of 12 percent NDF knocked the display back to just about the perfect dimness, comparable to my existing cheap bedside clock.

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Both panels are wrapped by thin bezels and get up to 3500 nits of brightness, but only the Pro screen can drop to 1 nit of dimness (which is easier on the eyes for use in a dark room).

— Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Definition of dimness

Noun

From its first painterly images, of the face of Meryl Streep, sad and tender and lovely in the semidarkness, the film declares its artistry, its sensitivity and its theme.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
Now, in the semidarkness and the throng of guests, all names seem somehow fluid, interchangeable, secondary.

— Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021

Definition of semidarkness

Noun

Colors are accurate and saturated, doing justice to the bright vibrance of Frieren on Crunchyroll on my iPad Air and the dark gloominess of Ball x Pit on my Switch 2 via an adapter.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026
His gloominess seemed to make no sense.

— Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025

Definition of gloominess

Noun

The gloom lifts in one crucial scene, late in the film, in which Sandra and April sit side by side before a bright window.

— Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Inside, we were whisked away to a world of rain and candles and velvet and creepy houses and stormy, witchy gloom.

— Danielle Pergament, Allure, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of gloom

Noun

The murkiness of it all clarifies by the end of the film, not just in terms of its heroes, villains and message, but Greengrass also situates this story within a recognizable cinematic and storytelling history.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Because of the legal murkiness, Pratte urges people to talk to an attorney before foregoing registration.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of murkiness

Noun

Tavares broke in before the age of social media, and in the relative obscurity of the Long Island market.

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Her enormous catalog is full of fascinating obscurities, like her fuzz bass experiment on Elvis Presley’s title song for his 1970 film Change of Habit.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of obscurity

Noun

In 1848, the landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing observed that places like Green-Wood and Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston did a better job of alleviating stress than encouraging somberness.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 14 Apr. 2026
There’s a crepuscular somberness, a feeling of looking back on the perfect day, knowing bliss won’t last forever.

— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026

Definition of somberness

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