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dusk·y  (dsk)

adj. dusk·i·er, dusk·i·est

1. Characterized by little or inadequate light; shadowy.

2. Rather dark in color: dusky skin. See Synonyms at dark.

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duski·ly adv.

duski·ness n.

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dusky [ˈdʌskɪ]

adj duskier, duskiest

1. dark in colour; swarthy or dark-skinned

2. dim

duskily  adv

duskiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	dusky - lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river" twilight, twilit dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
	2.	dusky - naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" swart, swarthy, dark-skinned archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression brunet, brunette - marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty"

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dusky

adjective

1. dim, twilight, shady, shadowy, gloomy, murky, cloudy, overcast, crepuscular, darkish, twilit, tenebrous, caliginous (archaic) He was walking down the road one dusky evening.

2. dark, swarthy, dark-complexioned I could see dusky girls with flowers about their necks.

Translations

dusky [ˈdʌskɪ] ADJ [pink, blue] → oscuro; [complexion] → moreno

dusky [ˈdʌski] adj [evening] → sombre
dusky pink → vieux rose

dusky

adj (+er) (liter) room, evening, skin, colour → dunkel; person → dunkelhäutig; light → schwach; the light in the room was dusky → es war dämmerig im Zimmer; dusky pink → altrosa

dusky [ˈdʌskɪ] adj (complexion, room, light) → scuro/a
dusky pink → rosa antico inv