dusky

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

dusky

/ˈdʌs.ki/

Rhymes with -ʌski

adjective duskier · duskiest

Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening). I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.
Having a shade of color that is rather dark. The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.
dated, literary Dark-skinned. You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff.
Similar: black, inky, sable, sooty, swarthy
Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration. The patient was in shock and had a dusky skin tone.

noun duskies

A dusky shark.
A dusky dolphin.
A dusky grouse.

Translations

Every language

adj dimly lit, as at dusk evening

Română	întunecos, întunecat
Русский	су́меречный súmerečnyj

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"dusky." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dusky. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

dusky. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dusky

Chicago

"dusky." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dusky.

BibTeX

@misc{dusky_2026,
  title = {dusky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dusky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}