dusky

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).

   • I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.
   • A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
2. 2

   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.
3. 3

   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.
   • They "stuck on" fairly well, but sometimes these dusky jockeys fell off during the race.
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   1. 4

      Ashen

      Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.

      • The patient was in shock and had a dusky skin tone.
   2. 5

      A dusky shark.

   3. 6

      A dusky dolphin.

   4. 7

      A dusky grouse.

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