Meaning

4 senses
  1. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).

    I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.

    су́меречныйsúmerečnyj

  2. Having a shade of color that is rather dark.

    The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.

    naturally having skin of a dark color

  3. (dated, literary)Dark-skinned.

  4. Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.

    The patient was in shock and had a dusky skin tone.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom said the room was dusky.

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  2. He was walking down the road one dusky evening.

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  3. The room was dusky.

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  4. The sky was dusky.

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  5. The night is dusky.

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
dimly lit, as at dusk evening:

Forms

duskier, duskiest
Comparativeduskier Lesson
Superlativeduskiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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