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.

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

  3. The room was dusky.

  4. The sky was dusky.

  5. The night is dusky.

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

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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