What is another word for dusky?
396 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈʌski], [ dˈʌski], [ d_ˈʌ_s_k_i]
Dusky is a word used to describe something that is slightly dark in color or dimly lit. There are several synonyms for the word dusky, including shadowy, murky, dim, somber, gloomy, and obscure. These words convey a sense of darkness or low light, which can be used to describe anything from a shadowy room to a dreary day. Additionally, these words can be used to describe the mood or atmosphere of a place, such as a dusky forest or a somber cathedral. Choosing the right synonym for dusky depends on the context of the sentence and the intended tone or mood of the writing.
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Similar words for dusky:
- bistered (adjective)
- black (adjective)
- brunet (adjective)
- dark (adjective)
- dim (adjective)
- dull (adjective)
- opaque (adjective)
- shady (adjective)
- soft (adjective)
- tenebrous (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- brunette/brunet (adjective)
- cloudy (adjective)
- dingy (adjective)
- gloomy (adjective)
- gray/grey (adjective)
- hazy (adjective)
- livid (adjective)
- murky (adjective)
- pitch-black (adjective)
- sable (adjective)
- somber (adjective)
- swarthy (adjective)
- tawny (adjective)
- brunette (noun)
- darkness (noun)
Synonyms for Dusky:
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adj.
• bistered • black- Atramentous ,
- Piceous ,
- charcoal ,
- coaler ,
- inklike ,
- melanoid ,
- obsidian ,
- pitch dark ,
- pitch-black ,
- pitch-dark ,
- sloe ,
- starless ,
- slater ,
- sombrer .
- adumbral ,
- aphotic ,
- darkened ,
- dim ,
- dismal ,
- dreary ,
- gloomy ,
- ill-lighted ,
- inky ,
- lightless ,
- shaded ,
- shadowy ,
- shady ,
- silhouetted ,
- somber ,
- sooty ,
- fainter ,
- obfuscous .
- unexplicit ,
- more amphibological ,
- more unexplicit ,
- most amphibological ,
- most unexplicit ,
- un explicit ,
- un-explicit ,
- un-intelligible .
- emulsified ,
- in definite ,
- in distinct ,
- in-definite ,
- in-distinct ,
- mis tier ,
- mis-tier ,
- more blurred ,
- more emulsified ,
- more nontranslucent ,
- more nontransparent ,
- more nubilous ,
- most blurred ,
- most emulsified ,
- most nontranslucent ,
- most nontransparent ,
- most nubilous ,
- mucky ,
- mushy ,
- non translucent ,
- non transparent ,
- non-translucent ,
- nontransparent ,
- over cast ,
- over-cast .
- be dimmed ,
- be-dimmed ,
- brokendown ,
- dis colored ,
- dis-colored ,
- more bedimmed ,
- more darkish ,
- more discolored ,
- more smirched ,
- most bedimmed ,
- most darkish ,
- most discolored ,
- most smirched .
- de solate ,
- de-solate ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis-heartening ,
- more acheronian ,
- more acherontic ,
- more depressive ,
- more disheartening ,
- more overclouded ,
- more saddening ,
- most acheronian ,
- most acherontic ,
- most depressive ,
- most disheartening ,
- most overclouded ,
- most saddening ,
- over clouded ,
- over-clouded ,
- tenebrific .
- ashest ,
- granite ,
- leadest ,
- more battleship ,
- more cinereal ,
- more dove ,
- more granite ,
- more heather ,
- more oyster ,
- more powder ,
- more silvered ,
- more silvery ,
- most battleship ,
- most cinereal ,
- most dove ,
- most granite ,
- most heather ,
- most oyster ,
- most powder ,
- most silvered ,
- most silvery ,
- stoner ,
- stonest .
- fumier ,
- fumiest ,
- more bleared ,
- more fuliginous ,
- more obfuscated ,
- most bleared ,
- most fuliginous ,
- most obfuscated ,
- rimier ,
- rimiest ,
- rimy ,
- steaming .
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n.
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•
- Complected ,
- Complexioned ,
- albino ,
- bloodless ,
- bronzed ,
- color .
-
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- colors .
Other synonyms:
- Black-a-vised ,
- bistered ,
- blackish ,
- caliginous ,
- gray ,
- hazy ,
- matte .
Other relevant words:
- Amphibological ,
- Darksome ,
- Dimmish ,
- Duskily ,
- Fuliginous ,
- Hyacinthine ,
- Nigrescent ,
- Nubilous ,
- Obscured ,
- Sombrous ,
- Subfuscous ,
- Swarth ,
- Vespertine ,
- acheronian ,
- adusk ,
- ambiguous ,
- befogged ,
- black ,
- bleak ,
- blurred ,
- blurry ,
- bosky ,
- bowery ,
- brown ,
- brunet ,
- brunette ,
- cheerless ,
- cimmerian ,
- cloud ,
- clouded ,
- cloudlike ,
- coal-black ,
- colored ,
- coloured ,
- crepuscular ,
- dark-colored ,
- dark-complected ,
- dark-complexioned ,
- dark-skinned ,
- darkish ,
- darkling ,
- darkness ,
- deep ,
- depressing ,
- desolate ,
- dingy ,
- dirty ,
- discoloured ,
- double-edged ,
- double-faced ,
- drab ,
- drear ,
- dun ,
- dusk ,
- ebon ,
- ebony ,
- equivocal ,
- evening ,
- evensong ,
- faded ,
- faint ,
- foggy ,
- foreboding ,
- funeral ,
- funereal ,
- fuzzy ,
- give way ,
- gloom ,
- gloomful ,
- glowering ,
- go down ,
- grave ,
- grey ,
- grey-brown ,
- grim ,
- grimy ,
- heavyhearted ,
- ill-defined ,
- imperceptible ,
- indiscernible ,
- indistinct ,
- indistinguishable ,
- jet ,
- jet-black ,
- joyless ,
- lacklustre ,
- leafy ,
- livid ,
- louring ,
- lowering ,
- lurid ,
- melancholy ,
- menacing ,
- misty ,
- morose ,
- muddy ,
- murk ,
- murkily ,
- nebulous ,
- onyx ,
- opaque ,
- overcast ,
- pale ,
- pitch black ,
- pitchy ,
- raven ,
- rayless ,
- roily ,
- sable ,
- sad ,
- semidark ,
- shade ,
- shadowlike ,
- sibylline ,
- smoggy ,
- smoky ,
- smudgy ,
- sober ,
- soiled ,
- sombre ,
- stygian ,
- subfusc ,
- sunless ,
- swart ,
- tawny ,
- tenebrous ,
- threatening ,
- twilight ,
- twilit ,
- umbral ,
- uncheerful ,
- unclear ,
- undefined ,
- unhappy ,
- unilluminated ,
- unlighted ,
- unlit ,
- vague ,
- veiled ,
- vesper ,
- weak ,
- weakened .
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How to use "Dusky" in context?
Dusky is a grayish brown color that has a slight reddish tinge. It is the color of a moonrise, and it is popularly used to describe the color of someone's skin. Dusky is the color of the sky just after dawn or just before sunset.
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Homophones for Dusky:
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