dusky

Meaning

Adj

1. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
2. Having a shade of color that is rather dark.
3. Dark-skinned.
4. Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.

Noun

1. A dusky shark.
2. A dusky dolphin.
3. A dusky grouse.

Synonyms

dark

dim

gloomy

obscure

swarthy

shadowy

swart

twilight

twilit

darkish

black

dark-skinned

shady

dusk

darksome

blackish

murky

tanned

tawny

tenebrous

unlighted

weathered

dark-brown

dark-colored

dusky-colored

ambiguous

subfuscous

blackened

bleak

cloudy

☁️

crepuscular

deep

dingy

faint

fishy

fuscous

melancholy

murk

nightly

sheltered

smutty

somber

sooty

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdʌs.ki/

Etymology

From dusk + -y.