Synonyms for dusky
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Swarthy — dark-skinned
swarthy, dark-skinned, sad, swart, brunet rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Dark-skinned.
- adj. 2
Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.
- adj. 3
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.
Related words
- Word family
- duskiness
- Phrases
- dusky ant dusky bush tanager dusky chlorospingus dusky nembrotha dusky titi
Choose the right word
Dusky is applied to objects which appear as if viewed in fading light; the word is often used, as are swart and swarthy, of the human skin when quite dark, or even verging toward black.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- swarthy Even swarthy and deformed, he struts around!
- swart Tom is the name of my swart warthog.
- somber We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.
- sooty The dragon breathed fire and exhaled its sooty ashen remains.
- twilight We find ourselves in the twilight of our civilization.
By length
- 3 letters
- sad1, dim1
- 4 letters
- dark1, inky2
- 5 letters
- black1, shady2, murky2, sable2, dingy2, sooty2, swart1
- 6 letters
- cloudy2, gloomy2, somber2, sombre, brunet2, twilit
- 7 letters
- obscure2, shadowy3, sunless, swarthy2, stygian3
- 8 letters
- twilight2, infernal3
- 9 letters
- cheerless, tenebrous3, tenebrose
- 10 letters
- fuliginous
- 13 letters
- unilluminated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inky2 = 2 syllables).