Synonyms of dusky

dusky

adjective

ˈdə-skē 

as in darkened

being without light or without much light

in the dusky depths of the dungeon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darkened
• dark
• murky
• black
• dusk
• dim
• darkling
• stygian
• darkish
• unlit
• lightless
• dimmed
• somber
• obscure
• darksome
• gloomy
• pitch-black
• obscured
• pitch-dark
• tenebrous
• rayless
• pitchy
• caliginous
• twilit
• crepuscular
• gray
• tenebrific
• moonless
• misty
• starless
• pale
• shadowy
• shady
• cloudy
• clouded
• dulled
• lackluster
• leaden
• sunless
• dull
• foggy
• fuliginous
• smoggy
• shadowlike
• soupy
• befogged
• beclouded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• light
• luminous
• bright
• brilliant
• lucent
• shining
• illuminated
• radiant
• lit
• incandescent
• sparkling
• lucid
• resplendent
• illumined
• lambent
• lightsome
• effulgent
• glowing
• glaring
• brightened
• alight
• beamy
• beaming
• glossy
• lustrous
• shiny
• aglitter
• moonlit
• agleam
• relucent
• sunlit
• moony
• ultrabright
• starlit
• highlighted
• ablaze
• spotlighted
• floodlit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dusky

Rather than opting for a completely clear base, celebrity nail artist Natalie Minerva chose a sheer, dusky taupe. — Jasmine Washington, InStyle, 15 July 2026

Dragonstone is the windswept ancestral seat of House Targaryen, but the Black Queen did not grow up playing among its dusky caverns. — The Editors, Vulture, 27 June 2026

Small dusky dolphins swarm the boat, riding its bow wave, while Hector’s dolphins, albatrosses, and humpback whales make cameos. — Steve Madgwick, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026

While conservationists have learned everything there is to know about dusky gopher frogs — including habitat management, breeding and larval development —the importance of rebuild its population extends far beyond one species. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026