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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

somewhat dark or darkened in color;

e.g. His shirt was a dusky shade of blue.

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Similar Words

Black

Caliginous

Dark

Darkling

Darksome

Dusk

Gloomy

Indiscernible

Lackluster

Lightless

Moonless

Murky

Obscure

Pitch-black

Pitch-dark

Rayless

Somber

Stygian

Tenebrific

Tenebrous

Twilit

Unbright

Unbrilliant

Unlit

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Opposite Words

Ablaze

Agleam

Aglitter

Alight

Bedazzling

Blinding

Candescent

Clear

Dazzling

Flashing

Fulgent

Gemmy

Glancing

Glaring

Glossy

Incandescent

Lambent

Light

Lit

Lucent

Lucid

Luminous

Lustrous

Moonlit

Moony

Radiant

Resplendent

Scintillant

Shining

Shiny

Splendid

Starlit

Sunlit

Superbright

Twinkling

Ultrabright

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Related Words

Black

Blear

Bleary

Blurry

Cloudy

Crepuscular

Dim

Dull

Ebony

Faint

Foggy

Fuliginous

Gauzy

Gray

Grey

Hazy

Indefinite

Indistinct

Indistinguishable

Lackluster

Leaden

Lowering

Mat

Matte

Misty

Moonless

Murky

Nebulous

Obscure

Opaque

Overcast

Pale

Pitch-black

Pitch-dark

Raven

Sable

Shadowy

Shady

Smoggy

Soupy

Sunless

Twilit

Unclear

Undefined

Vague

Vaguely

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