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Definitions for Dusk

[1] the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
[2] partial darkness; shade; gloom: She was barely visible in the dusk of the room.
[3] tending to darkness; dark.
[4] to make or become dusk; darken.
[5] twilight or the darker part of twilight
[6] poetic gloom; shade
[7] poetic shady; gloomy
[8] poetic to make or become dark

Words related to Dusk

nightfall, twilight, sunset, sundown, dark, eventide, gloom, gloaming, night

Words nearby Dusk

duryea, durzi, durán, duse, dushanbe, dusk, dusky, dusky grouse, dusky seaside sparrow, dusky shark, dussek

Origin of Dusk

2before 1000; Middle English duske (adj.), dusken (v.); metathetic alteration of Old English dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; cognate with L. fuscus dark

Other words from Dusk

dusk·ish , adjective

Word origin for Dusk

Old English dox; related to Old Saxon dosan brown, Old High German tusin yellow, Norwegian dusmen misty, Latin fuscus dark brown

Synonyms for Dusk

nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight, dark, eventide, gloaming, gloom, night, dimday, dimmet