Definitions for dusky

Definitions for (adj) dusky

Main entry: dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy

Definition: naturally having skin of a dark color

Usage: a dark-skinned beauty; gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks; a smile on his swarthy face; `swart' is archaic


Main entry: twilight, twilit, dusky

Definition: lighted by or as if by twilight

Usage: 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


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