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adjective
- 1. darkish in colour: "dusky red"
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adjective. literary uk / ˈdʌs.ki / us / ˈdʌs.ki / Add to word list. dark in colour: In autumn, the leaves turn a dusky red. Compare. swarthy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. The qualities of colour. analogous. brightly. brightness. colourfully. darkness. fluorescent. harsh. neutrally. non-complementary. non-fluorescent. non-yellowing.
1. : somewhat dark in color. specifically : having dark skin. 2. : marked by slight or deficient light : shadowy. duskily. ˈdə-skə-lē. adverb. duskiness. ˈdə-skē-nəs. noun. Synonyms. black. caliginous. darkened. darkish. darkling. darksome. dimmed. dusk. gloomy. lightless. murky. obscured. pitch-black. pitch-dark. pitchy.
Something that's dusky is dark or poorly lit, like the dusky walk home from your friend's house at twilight.
Dusky definition: somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.. See examples of DUSKY used in a sentence.
adjective. literary us / ˈdʌs.ki / uk / ˈdʌs.ki /. Add to word list. dark in color: In the fall, the leaves turn a dusky red. Compare. swarthy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. The qualities of color.
1. adjective. Dusky means rather dark. [literary] Heavy gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks. He was walking down the road one dusky Friday evening. Synonyms: dim, twilight, shady, shadowy More Synonyms of dusky. 2. adjective. A dusky colour is soft rather than bright. [literary] ...dusky pink carpet.
What does the word dusky mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word dusky, one of which is considered offensive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word dusky? About 0.9 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
Somewhat dark in color; esp., swarthy. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Gloomy; melancholy. Webster's New World. A shade of color that is rather dark. The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors. Wiktionary. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
Define dusky. dusky synonyms, dusky pronunciation, dusky translation, English dictionary definition of dusky. adj. dusk·i·er , dusk·i·est 1. Having low diffused light; dim or shadowy. 2. Rather dark in color: dusky blue. See Synonyms at dark. dusk′i·ly adv....
adjective. /ˈdʌski/. /ˈdʌski/. (literary) not very bright; dark or soft in colour. the dusky light inside the cave. dusky pink. Her skin turned a dusky gold in the sun. The setting sun tinged the sky with a dusky orange.
