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Dusky

🔄 Synonyms of "Dusky"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
twilightnoun	The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
darknoun	Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
twilit	Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit
swarthynoun	Tawny, dusky, dark.
brunettenoun	(of a person) Having brown hair.
dark-skinned	Having a relatively dark skin.
brunetnoun	(rare) A man or boy with brown or dark brown hair.
swartnoun	Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
dark	Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
swart	Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
swarthy	Tawny, dusky, dark.
dark-skinned	Having a relatively dark skin.
twilit	Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit
brunette	(of a person) Having brown hair.
brunet	(rare) Of a man or boy, having brown or dark brown hair.
twilightnoun	The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
darkened	Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.
bleak	Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
sombre	Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
gloomy	Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
grim	Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
somber	US standard spelling of sombre. [Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.]
glum	Despondent; moody; sullen.
dismal	Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
stark	Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
dire	Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
murky	Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
dim	Not bright or colorful.