dusky
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- lighted by or as if by twilight“The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn — Henry Fielding”“the twilight glow of the sky”“a boat on a twilit river”Synonyms: twilight(a)twilit
- naturally having skin of a dark color“a dark-skinned beauty”“gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks”“a smile on his swarthy face”“`swart' is archaic”Synonyms: dark-skinnedswartswarthy
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Dusky \Dusk"y\, a.
1.Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley. [1913 Webster]
Through dusky lane and wrangling mart.— Keble.[1913 Webster]
2.Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
When Jove in dusky clouds involves the sky.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
The figure of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur.— Hawthorne.[1913 Webster]
3.Gloomy; sad; melancholy. [1913 Webster]
This dusky scene of horror, this melancholy prospect.— Bentley.[1913 Webster]
4.Intellectually clouded. [1913 Webster]
Though dusky wits dare scorn astrology.— Sir P. Sidney.[1913 Webster]