dusky

Other forms of dusky

comparative or superlative

duskier

comparative or superlative

duskiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dusky

What does dusky mean?

dusky means "lighted by or as if by twilight". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dusky?

dusky has 2 syllables: du-sky. The stress falls on "du".

What is another word for dusky?

Close synonyms include twilight, twilit, dark-skinned, swart, swarthy. 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 dusky a common word?

dusky is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.