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