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Adjective: dusky (duskier,duskiest)  dús-kee
  1. Lighted by or as if by twilight
    "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"
    - twilight, twilit
     
  2. Naturally having skin of a dark colour
    "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"
    - dark-skinned, swart [archaic], swarthy

Derived forms: duskiest, duskier

See also: brunet [US], brunette, dark, dusk, duskiness

Nearest

durum
durum wheat
Dusanbe
Duse
Dushanbe
Dusicyon
Dusicyon cancrivorus
dusk
duskily
duskiness
dusky
dusky salamander
dusky shark
dusky-colored
dusky-coloured
dusky-footed wood rat
dusky-footed woodrat
Dusseldorf
dust
dust bag
dust bowl