DUSKINESS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

duskiness

noun

Definition of duskiness

as in blackness

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Noun

Experts say that the biggest challenge at that extreme level of blackness is actually measuring it.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 June 2026
In the restaurant, my dad looked at me with the passionate conviction of a man who was confident in his Blackness and wanted nothing more than to pass it on.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

Definition of blackness

Noun

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
The dimness of the shuttle gallery also assists in the immersive fantasy, both as an artistic choice and a practical one due to the shuttle’s sensitivity to light.

— Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 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

The murkiness of the injury bled into free agency and Christensen’s Carolina future remains unsettled, despite the team’s unproven depth options on the line, particularly at guard.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
As Raul grapples with telling the story of Elsa’s life, he’s confronted by the murkiness of borrowing from real people for the purposes of fiction.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 2026

Definition of murkiness

Noun

The fact that celebrity landed upon him, plucking him from the obscurity of his mission to represent the burgeoning discourse on the disease, says more about the world that orbited him than his actions on the island or his own political nous.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
In the meantime, Indiana mined a diamond out of a pile of obscurity.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 July 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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