dusky

Meaning

Adj

1. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
2. Having a shade of color that is rather dark.
3. (dated, literary) 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

Translations

moreno

düster

ferrugineus

scuro

oscuro

oscuro

foncé

basané

dunkelhäutig

brun

weit und blau

crépusculaire

crépuscule

dunkel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdʌs.ki/

Etymology

From dusk + -y.