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dusky
/ˈdʌs.ki/
adj 4noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
great, leafless, sharp
DUSKY + NOUN
dimness, evening, night, rose, spires
PREP.
in
ADV.
somewhere
Definitions
adj
1
Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.
A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
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.
3
Dark-skinned.
You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff.
I think that he was a little horrified at my cool way of taking the honour, but the fact was that I did not feel overwhelmed with gratitude at the prospect of seeing some savage, dusky queen, however absolute and mysterious she might be, more especially as my mind was full of dear Leo, for whose life I began to have great fears.
4
Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.
The patient was in shock and had a dusky skin tone.
noun
1
A dusky shark.
2
A dusky dolphin.
3
A dusky grouse.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — naturally having skin of a dark color
adjective — lighted by or as if by twilight
- twilit
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.
Wiktionary02
A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
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The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.
Wiktionary04
He was walking down the road one dusky evening.
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It was a dusky night.
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The room was dusky.
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