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Meaning of 'dusky' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dusky [ a.]
- Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.
- Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown.
- Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
- Intellectually clouded.

Meaning of 'dusky' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dusky [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lighted by or as if by twilight
Example in sentence:
  • a boat on a twilit river;
  • The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn;
  • the twilight glow of the sky
Meaning (2):
- naturally having skin of a dark color
Example in sentence:
  • a dark-skinned beauty;
  • a smile on his swarthy face;
  • gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks;
  • `swart' is archaic

Nearby Words:

duse dusk dusken duskily duskiness duskish duskness dust dust-point dustbrush

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