Synonyms for duskiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : duhs-kee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌs ki

Définition of duskiness

Origin : 1550s, "somewhat dark," from dusk + -y (2). Related: Duskiness.

noun dark

Example sentences :

But all the ways of the owl are ways of softness and duskiness.
Extract from : « Bird Stories from Burroughs » by John Burroughs

Was it the duskiness of the evening, or passion, that made his face so dark?
Extract from : « Trevethlan: Volume 1 » by William Davy Watson

At last our old friend, the brook, peeped out again from the duskiness, and we pitched our camp on the bank.
Extract from : « Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Sven Hedin

He remarked the hat she wore, and the delicacy of a little ear against her hair's duskiness.
Extract from : « Cynthia » by Leonard Merrick

Her eyes, over which heavy lashes drooped diffidently, were bafflingly deep, as with rich colour drowned in duskiness.
Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck

It flickered, and struggled with the duskiness, but could not half light up the gloomy cavern with all its melancholy glimmer.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

She clapped her hands for joy, and beckoning him to make haste, disappeared among the duskiness of the trees.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

He stooped down; but the duskiness of the valley, and the obscurity of twilight would not allow him to distinguish her features.
Extract from : « Undine » by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque

At length, when they had gone further and further into the heart of the duskiness, Medea squeezed Jason's hand.
Extract from : « Myths and Legends of All Nations » by Various

She clapped her hands for joy, and beckoning him to haste, disappeared among the duskiness of the trees.
Extract from : « Myths and Legends of All Nations » by Various

Antonyms for duskiness

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