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dusky, adj.
(duskier, duskiest)
freq. cnt. 2
more info naturally having skin of a dark color
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dark-skinned dusky swart swarthy

sample sentences

"a dark-skinned beauty"
"gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"
"a smile on his swarthy face"
"`swart' is archaic"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
duskiness
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
swarthiness
semantic pointers
similar to
brunet, brunette
domain of synset (usage)
archaism, archaicism
more info lighted by or as if by twilight
<adj.all>   (a)   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dusky twilight twilit

sample sentences

"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"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
dusk duskiness
semantic pointers
similar to
dark