dusky

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

Adjective

[duskier, duskiest]

1. dark in colour: her gold earings gleamed against her dusky cheeks

2. dim or shadowy: the dusky room was crowded with absurd objects

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)

adjective 2. dark, swarthy, dark-complexioned

Translations

dusky [ˈdʌskɪ] adj → oscuro; [complexion] → moreno

dusky [ˈdʌskɪ] adj → sombre

dusky [ˈdʌskɪ] dusk adj (room) → dunkel;

(light) → Dämmer-

dusky [ˈdʌskɪ] adj → scuro/a