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1dusky — [dus′kē] adj. duskier, duskiest 1. somewhat dark in color; esp., swarthy 2. lacking light; dim; shadowy 3. gloomy; melancholy SYN. DARK duskily adv. duskiness n. SYN. DUSKY suggests a darkness of color or …
2dusky — [adj] dark hued; murky adusk, bistered, bleak, brunette, caliginous, cheerless, cloudy, crepuscular, dark, dark complexioned, darkish, desolate, dim, dismal, dull, funereal, gloomy, joyless, lightless, obscure, overcast, sable, shadowy, shady,… …
3dusky — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Shadowy] Syn. gloomy, shady, murky; see dark 1 , dull 2 . 2. [Dark colored] Syn. dark, swarthy, tawny, swart, ebony, sable, dark complexioned. Syn. dusky suggests a darkness of color or an absence of light, verging on… …
4dusky — adjective 1) the dusky countryside Syn: shadowy, dark, dim, gloomy, murky, shady; unlit, unilluminated; sunless, moonless Ant: bright 2) dated a dusky complexion …
5dusky — adjective (duskier; est) Date: 1558 1. somewhat dark in color; specifically having dark skin 2. marked by slight or deficient light ; shadowy • duskily adverb • duskiness noun …
6dusky — duskily, adv. duskiness, n. /dus kee/, adj., duskier, duskiest. 1. somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy. 2. having dark skin. 3. of a dark color. 4. gloomy; sad. [1550 60; DUSK2 + Y1] * * * …
7dusky — Synonyms and related words: acheronian, ambiguous, amphibological, black, blackish, bleak, brunet, caliginous, cheerless, crepuscular, dark, dark colored, dark complexioned, dark skinned, darkish, darksome, desolate, dim, dimmish, dimpsy, dismal …
8shadowy — Synonyms and related words: air built, airy, aleatoric, aleatory, amorphous, asomatous, astral, blear, bleared, bleary, blind, blobby, blurred, blurry, bodiless, bosky, bowery, broad, cadaverous, chance, chancy, chaotic, chimerical, clear as mud …
9dusky — a. 1. Obscure, murky, dim, shadowy, cloudy, shady, overcast, somewhat dark. 2. Dark, dark colored …
10dusky — adj 1. shadowy, shady, dim, dark, unlit, unilluminated, Literary. darkling; gray, cloudy, foggy, misty, hazy, murky; overcast, gloomy, somber, lowering, tenebrous, obscure. 2. darkish, dark colored, grayish, dingy, sooty, smoky, fuliginous,… …
