duskiness

Questions about duskiness

What does duskiness mean?

duskiness means "the state of being poorly illuminated". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in duskiness?

duskiness has 3 syllables: du-ski-ness. The stress falls on "du".

What is another word for duskiness?

Close synonyms include dimness, darkness, swarthiness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is duskiness a common word?

duskiness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.