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dusky

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Synonyms & Antonyms of dusky

being without light or without much light

in the dusky depths of the dungeon

Synonyms for dusky

black,
caliginous,
dark,
darkened,
darkish,
darkling,
darksome,
dim,
dimmed,
dusk,
gloomy,
lightless,
murky,
obscure,
obscured,
pitch-black,
pitch-dark,
pitchy,
rayless,
somber
(or sombre),
stygian,
tenebrific,
tenebrous,
unlit

Words Related to dusky

crepuscular,
twilit

moonless,
starless,
sunless

cloudy,
dull,
dulled,
lackluster

shadowlike,
shadowy,
shady

gray
(also grey),
leaden,
pale

beclouded,
befogged,
clouded,
foggy,
fuliginous,
misty,
smoggy,
soupy

Near Antonyms for dusky

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,
sunlit

Antonyms for dusky

bright,
brightened,
brilliant,
illuminated,
illumined,
light,
lit
(or lighted),
lightsome,
lucent,
lucid,
luminous

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The first known use of dusky was in 1558

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