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Synonyms for dusk
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : duhsk |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʌsk |
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Définition of dusk
Origin :- c.1200, dosk "obscure, to become dark," perhaps from Old English dox "dark-haired, dark from the absence of light" (cognate with Swedish duska "be misty," Latin fuscus "dark," Sanskrit dhusarah "dust-colored;" also cf. Old English dosan "chestnut-brown," Old High German tusin "pale yellow") with transposition of -k- and -s-, perhaps via a Northumbrian variant (cf. colloquial ax for ask). But OED notes that "few of our words in -sk are of OE origin." A color word originally; the sense of "twilight" is recorded from 1620s.
- noun early evening
- He could not see her face, but he could hear perfectly the words that came through the dusk.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- At dusk, Littlefield lighted a fire, and began to cook his fowls.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- In the dusk of the wooded shades behind him huddled the group of slaves.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- The rain and dusk were so heavy that they could not see fifty feet, and they shivered with cold.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Dick said nothing, but despite the dusk Woodville read the truth in his eyes.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- A figure approaching in the dusk greeted Dick with a shout of delight.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- But as dusk came gradually in the ravine he resolved that he would go.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- A tall youth emerged from the dusk and looked at them inquiringly.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- The dusk sifted in about the house, faster and faster; a whippoorwill cried from the woods.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- Lorenzi and the Marchesa were strolling in the dusk across the greensward.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
Antonyms for dusk
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