dusk
Plural: dusks
Noun
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
- A darkish colour.
- The condition of being dusky; duskiness
Verb
Verb Forms: dusked, dusking, dusks
- To grow dark; to become dim or shadowy.
- become dusk
- To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.
- To make dusk.
Adj
- Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
Examples
- As the Scrabble game went on, his chances to win began to DUSK, becoming less clear.
- We caught a beautiful view of the dusk.
- Witnessing the dusk gives a feeling of solace.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more).
Synonyms
crepuscle, crepuscule, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight, cockshut, crepusculum, dark, dimmity, duckish, dusk, mirkning, night, smokefall, sun, sundown, sunset, vespers
Scrabble Score: 9
dusk: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddusk: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dusk: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary