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 Definitions of dusky  [ˈdʌs ki]  

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Definition of 'dusky' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) dusky
somewhat dark; dimly lit; shadowy.

2.  dusky
having dark skin.

3.  dusky
of a dark color.

4.  dusky
gloomy; sad.

Etymology:  (1550–60; dusk2+-y1)

Definition of 'dusky' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) dusky, twilight(a), twilit
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"

2. (adj) dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy
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"


Definition of 'dusky' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) dusky
partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley

2. (adj) dusky
tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown

3. (adj) dusky
gloomy; sad; melancholy

4. (adj) dusky
intellectually clouded


Translation of 'dusky' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: dark-coloured.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skemerig Arabic flag Arabic: قاتِم اللوْن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: здрач
Brazilian flag Brazilian: escurecido Czech flag Czech: temný German flag German: dämmerig
Danish flag Danish: mørk; mørkladen; dyster Greek flag Greek: σκοτεινός, σκούρος Spanish flag Spanish: moreno
Estonian flag Estonian: tõmmu Farsi flag Farsi: تیره رنگ Finnish flag Finnish: tumma
French flag French: sombre Hebrew flag Hebrew: אָפלוּלִי, כהה Hindi flag Hindi: धुंधला, काला, उदास, मलिन
Croatian flag Croatian: taman, zagasit Hungarian flag Hungarian: sötét Indonesian flag Indonesian: hitam
Icelandic flag Icelandic: myrkur; dökkleitur; drung Italian flag Italian: scuro Japanese flag Japanese: 黒っぽい
Korean flag Korean: 어둑어둑한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tamsus Latvian flag Latvian: krēslains; tumšs
Malay flag Malay: kabur Dutch flag Dutch: donker Norwegian flag Norwegian: mørk(lett), dyster
Polish flag Polish: ciemny Persian flag Persian: تیره رنگ Pashto flag Pashto: تياره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: escurecido Romanian flag Romanian: întunecos Russian flag Russian: смуглый
Slovak flag Slovak: tmavý Slovenian flag Slovenian: temen Serbian flag Serbian: mračan
Swedish flag Swedish: dunkel, skum, mörk Thai flag Thai: ค่อนข้างมืด Turkish flag Turkish: koyuca, loş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 陰暗的,暗色的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: темний Urdu flag Urdu: اندھیرا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sẫm màu Chinese flag Chinese: 昏暗的,暗淡的

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