Dusky
adjective
Somewhat dark; not giving much light.
The room was dusky without any lights on.
Often appears as...
- dusky evening
- dusky room
adjective
Having skin, hair, or eyes that are dark in color.
Her dusky complexion made her look exotic.
Often appears as...
- dusky skin
- dusky hair
adjective
Made gloomy or depressing.
The abandoned house had a dusky, sad feel to it.
Often appears as...
- dusky atmosphere
- dusky mood
adjective
Somewhat dark; not giving much light.
The room was dusky without any lights on.
Often appears as...
- dusky evening
- dusky room
adjective
Having skin, hair, or eyes that are dark in color.
Her dusky complexion made her look exotic.
Often appears as...
- dusky skin
- dusky hair
adjective
Made gloomy or depressing.
The abandoned house had a dusky, sad feel to it.
Often appears as...
- dusky atmosphere
- dusky mood
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Ambience
Use 'dusky' to describe a place with low light that creates a cozy or intimate feeling.
The candlelit dinner had a dusky charm.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Pitch-Black
'Dusky' implies some light is present, unlike 'dark', which can mean no light at all.
As twilight set in, the sky turned a dusky blue.
Pro Tip 3/3Subdued Lighting
'Dusky' often suggests a natural or gentle decrease in light, rather than abrupt darkness.
We watched as the landscape turned dusky with the setting sun.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Ambience
Use 'dusky' to describe a place with low light that creates a cozy or intimate feeling.
The candlelit dinner had a dusky charm.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Pitch-Black
'Dusky' implies some light is present, unlike 'dark', which can mean no light at all.
As twilight set in, the sky turned a dusky blue.
Pro Tip 3/3Subdued Lighting
'Dusky' often suggests a natural or gentle decrease in light, rather than abrupt darkness.
We watched as the landscape turned dusky with the setting sun.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Ambience
Use 'dusky' to describe a place with low light that creates a cozy or intimate feeling.
The candlelit dinner had a dusky charm.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Pitch-Black
'Dusky' implies some light is present, unlike 'dark', which can mean no light at all.
As twilight set in, the sky turned a dusky blue.
Pro Tip 3/3Subdued Lighting
'Dusky' often suggests a natural or gentle decrease in light, rather than abrupt darkness.
We watched as the landscape turned dusky with the setting sun.
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
keeps going away and then landing back on this plant so we're just gonna wait for it there we go it's now landed once again in the same spots and it's opening every now and then and gives a little bit of orange tinge so it does look like a little dusky copper over here I know there's lots of grass in your way I'll try and get that rid of that have you
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Photographing Our Seas:...
they treat you like another shark. So, you get bumped and hit probably every ten-seconds. And if you want to get good pictures you just have to ignore the sharks knocking into you. Most of the time I know I'm not on the menu. These sharks feed on small sardines. But I had two encounters, one, I had a large dusky shark rip-off my fin
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Evolution in a Big City
So take this forested hillside in Northern Manhattan, for example. This is one of the last areas left in the city where there's clean spring water seeping out of the ground. You could drink this out of your hands and you'd be OK. These tiny little areas of seeping water contain huge populations of northern dusky salamanders.
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Dolphins: Even Smarter...
And I came upon this scene where we had six dusky dolphins feeding cooperatively. I got there sort of at the tail end. But you still see a little ball of anchovies here. And the dolphin at the bottom was just about to pick off one of the anchovies. All the white particles there Those are fish scales.
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Mako and Tiger Sharks:...
but you know it's stunning seeing this was one that was just covered in remoras adorned in remoras, and it was actually a silver tip shark in the bottom right of the frame. There were many other species out there, dusky sharks and bull sharks, but it was the tigers off course
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
now when you want to identify these birds Indigo birds you need to have a look at the beak as well as the feet because there are three indigo bird species that you could find here could be the dusky the purple and the village now that individual being the male he
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Animal Life in the...
it's a really really special experience just to be there yeah um we actually got the most glorious picture on the screen yeah it's a really uh it's it's a tough smile to love i guess but uh yeah so this is a a dusky leaf monkey this is in penang in
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The Strange and...
is in my garden all right let's see what you got here looks like you have o arian sub fuscus and they're commonly known as the dusky Arian dusky this is what's been eating your garden huh big time yeah I'm sorry
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Dusky Dolphins and Bull...
dusky dolphins off the coast of kaikoura in New Zealand's South Island are so well fed that they conform super pods a thousand strong
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The Quiet Beauty of...
after tasting the kaikoura crayfish i went off to have a marine wildlife adventure of my own swimming with the region's famed dusky
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
keeps going away and then landing back on this plant so we're just gonna wait for it there we go it's now landed once again in the same spots and it's opening every now and then and gives a little bit of orange tinge so it does look like a little dusky copper over here I know there's lots of grass in your way I'll try and get that rid of that have you
Video examples
Photographing Our Seas:...
they treat you like another shark. So, you get bumped and hit probably every ten-seconds. And if you want to get good pictures you just have to ignore the sharks knocking into you. Most of the time I know I'm not on the menu. These sharks feed on small sardines. But I had two encounters, one, I had a large dusky shark rip-off my fin
Video examples
Evolution in a Big City
So take this forested hillside in Northern Manhattan, for example. This is one of the last areas left in the city where there's clean spring water seeping out of the ground. You could drink this out of your hands and you'd be OK. These tiny little areas of seeping water contain huge populations of northern dusky salamanders.
Video examples
Dolphins: Even Smarter...
And I came upon this scene where we had six dusky dolphins feeding cooperatively. I got there sort of at the tail end. But you still see a little ball of anchovies here. And the dolphin at the bottom was just about to pick off one of the anchovies. All the white particles there Those are fish scales.
Video examples
Mako and Tiger Sharks:...
but you know it's stunning seeing this was one that was just covered in remoras adorned in remoras, and it was actually a silver tip shark in the bottom right of the frame. There were many other species out there, dusky sharks and bull sharks, but it was the tigers off course
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
now when you want to identify these birds Indigo birds you need to have a look at the beak as well as the feet because there are three indigo bird species that you could find here could be the dusky the purple and the village now that individual being the male he
Video examples
Animal Life in the...
it's a really really special experience just to be there yeah um we actually got the most glorious picture on the screen yeah it's a really uh it's it's a tough smile to love i guess but uh yeah so this is a a dusky leaf monkey this is in penang in
Video examples
The Strange and...
is in my garden all right let's see what you got here looks like you have o arian sub fuscus and they're commonly known as the dusky Arian dusky this is what's been eating your garden huh big time yeah I'm sorry
Video examples
Dusky Dolphins and Bull...
dusky dolphins off the coast of kaikoura in New Zealand's South Island are so well fed that they conform super pods a thousand strong
Video examples
The Quiet Beauty of...
after tasting the kaikoura crayfish i went off to have a marine wildlife adventure of my own swimming with the region's famed dusky
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Quote examples
Tamannaah
Indian Actress
I was born on the fairer side, but I've always been fascinated by dusky and dark tones. So, when the makers of my films asked me to go a few shades darker, I didn't think twice. I am not doing anything extraordinary, but I want to break cinematic notions about outwardly appearances.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
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John Berger
English Artist
In drawing after drawing, pastel after pastel, painting after painting, the contours of Degas's dancing figures become, at a certain point, darkly insistent, tangled and dusky. It may be around an elbow, a heel, an armpit, a calf muscle, the nape of a neck.
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Radhika Apte
Indian Actress
Industry is not only driven by talent; it depends upon so many factors. If you need to be successful in this field, one should know how to convert everything into a plus point. If you have a dusky face, make that your plus point.
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Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
Being the house ethnic was destroying my life and my sense of myself, because I had been consigned to play every dusky maiden you have ever seen in your life in movies.
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John le Carre
English Writer
The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.
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Amy Jackson
British Model
Back in England, a girl with thick black hair, dusky skin and big brown eyes will turn heads. It is vice versa in India.
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Bipasha Basu
Indian Actress
I know I look good. The regular adjectives that come my way - sexy, hot, dusky, bong bombshell... I love them.
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Sam Trammell
American Actor
There's something about a humid, dusky evening that's kind of sexy.
Quote examples
Tamannaah
Indian Actress
I was born on the fairer side, but I've always been fascinated by dusky and dark tones. So, when the makers of my films asked me to go a few shades darker, I didn't think twice. I am not doing anything extraordinary, but I want to break cinematic notions about outwardly appearances.
Quote examples
Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
Quote examples
John Berger
English Artist
In drawing after drawing, pastel after pastel, painting after painting, the contours of Degas's dancing figures become, at a certain point, darkly insistent, tangled and dusky. It may be around an elbow, a heel, an armpit, a calf muscle, the nape of a neck.
Quote examples
Radhika Apte
Indian Actress
Industry is not only driven by talent; it depends upon so many factors. If you need to be successful in this field, one should know how to convert everything into a plus point. If you have a dusky face, make that your plus point.
Quote examples
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
Being the house ethnic was destroying my life and my sense of myself, because I had been consigned to play every dusky maiden you have ever seen in your life in movies.
Quote examples
John le Carre
English Writer
The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.
Quote examples
Amy Jackson
British Model
Back in England, a girl with thick black hair, dusky skin and big brown eyes will turn heads. It is vice versa in India.
Quote examples
Bipasha Basu
Indian Actress
I know I look good. The regular adjectives that come my way - sexy, hot, dusky, bong bombshell... I love them.
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Sam Trammell
American Actor
There's something about a humid, dusky evening that's kind of sexy.
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