dusk

Speech parts

1. dusk - Noun

2. dusk - Adjective

3. dusk - Verb

Meaning

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

A darkish color.

To make dusk.

To grow dusk.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

nightfall evenfall twilight fall gloaming gloam crepuscule crepuscle eve vesper dun black dawn penumbra noonday
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Antonyms

dawn daybreak aurora sol sunbeam alb
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Hypernyms

hour darken time of day

Hyponyms

night

Phrases with the word

from dawn to dusk from dusk to dawn dawn to dusk from dawn till dusk from dusk until dawn from dawn until dusk

Anagrams

skud

Examples

he loved the twilight Source: Internet

they finished before the fall of night Source: Internet

A flock of birds swoops along the wall, starting with a dark shape at dusk and sweeping through the night to sunrise. Source: Internet

According to SGI, the peak times for wildlife collisions are dawn and dusk. Source: Internet

Additional particulate matter in the sky can scatter different colours at different angles creating colourful glowing skies at dusk and dawn. Source: Internet

A mosaic of sapphire-colored river, emerald-green farms and palm groves, and amber desert with a sky that turns ruby red at dusk as the sun sinks over the seemingly endless Sahara. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Dusicyon cancrivorus dusignathine Dusik dusk beetle dusk dispatch dusk flyer