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What is the adjective for duskies?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs dusk and dusken which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dusky
  1. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
  2. Having a shade of color that is rather dark.
  3. (dated) dark-skinned
  4. ashen; having a greyish skin coloration
  5. Synonyms:
      6. dark, caliginous, dim, gloomy, unlit, dimmed, murky, shadowy, unilluminated, black, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dusk, lightless, obscure, pitchy, tenebrific, tenebrous, obscured, rayless, somber, sombre, stygian, unlighted, Cimmerian, misty, moonless, shady, Stygian, sunless, pitch-black, pitch-dark, dingy, crepuscular, poorly lit, inky, dreary, nebulous, overcast, shaded, grey, ill-lit, badly lit, gray, jet black, cloudy, umbrageous, funereal … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “One can imagine tourists bathing in the dusky light on a summer evening before returning to the Astor for an evening meal, drinks, and a dance.”
      “Ann fills her planters with easy-care annuals like white periwinkles, which almost glow in the late dusky hours.”
      “After ambulation, you notice that the patient's stoma is a dusky color.”
dusk
  1. Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dark, dim, gloomy, caliginous, unlit, dusky, murky, dimmed, darkened, lightless, tenebrous, darkish, tenebrific, black, pitchy, darksome, darkling, obscure, obscured, somber, stygian, sombre, rayless, pitch-dark, pitch-black, sunless, shadowy, unilluminated, overcast, Stygian, unlighted, louring, misty, clouded, gray, grey, cloudy, leaden, overclouded, darkening, poorly lit, Cimmerian, inky, promising rain, dingy, shady, jet black, crepuscular, dreary, moonless … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The Atlantic unrolls toward her, a hammered copper shield under a dusk sky.”
duskish
  1. Somewhat dusky.
  2. Examples:
      3. “It is latish and duskish by the time that St. John and his companion set out on their homeward way.”
      “Their complexion is pale and duskish and their skin is rough and cold.”
duskless
  1. Without dusk.
duskier
  1. comparative form of dusky: more dusky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darker, dimmer, gloomier, murkier, shadowier, blacker, dusker, obscurer, pitchier, somberer, sombrer, mistier, shadier, more caliginous, more unlit, more darkish, more darkling, more darksome, more tenebrific, more tenebrous, more stygian, more Stygian, more sunless, more pitch-black, dingier, more crepuscular, inkier, more nebulous, drearier, more overcast, cloudier, more shaded, duller, greyer, more indistinct, grayer, more opaque, more umbrageous, more funereal, more jet-black, more sable, drabber, vaguer, more nubilous, more Tartarean, more ebony, more adumbral, unclearer, bleaker, more dismal … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “But the duskier it grew, the more did Pluto's visage assume an air of satisfaction.”
      “Chanáe Curtis, the soprano, sang attractively, as did Helena Brown, the mezzo-soprano, especially in her duskier moments as Queen Jezebel.”
      “Autumn evenings are getting duskier, mistier, cooler.”
duskiest
  1. superlative form of dusky: most dusky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darkest, dimmest, gloomiest, murkiest, shadowiest, blackest, duskest, obscurest, pitchiest, somberest, sombrest, mistiest, shadiest, most caliginous, most unlit, most darkish, most darkling, most darksome, most tenebrific, most tenebrous, most stygian, most Stygian, most sunless, most pitch-black, dingiest, most crepuscular, inkiest, most nebulous, dreariest, most overcast, cloudiest, most shaded, dullest, greyest, most indistinct, grayest, most opaque, most umbrageous, most funereal, most jet-black, most sable, drabbest, vaguest, most nubilous, most Tartarean, most ebony, most adumbral, unclearest, bleakest, most dismal … more
dusker
  1. comparative form of dusk: more dusk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darker, dimmer, gloomier, duskier, murkier, blacker, pitchier, obscurer, somberer, sombrer, more caliginous, more unlit, more tenebrous, more darkish, more tenebrific, more darksome, more darkling, more stygian, more pitch-black, more sunless, shadowier, more overcast, more Stygian, mistier, more clouded, grayer, greyer, cloudier, more leaden, inkier, dingier, shadier, more crepuscular, drearier, more Tartarean, more shaded, denser, more cimmerian, more jet-black, more umbrageous, more sable, bleaker, hazier, foggier, unclearer, more nebulous, more dismal, more nubilous, heavier, more opaque … more
duskest
  1. superlative form of dusk: most dusk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darkest, dimmest, gloomiest, duskiest, murkiest, blackest, pitchiest, obscurest, somberest, sombrest, most caliginous, most unlit, most tenebrous, most darkish, most tenebrific, most darksome, most darkling, most stygian, most pitch-black, most sunless, shadowiest, most overcast, most Stygian, mistiest, most clouded, greyest, grayest, cloudiest, most leaden, inkiest, dingiest, shadiest, most crepuscular, dreariest, most Tartarean, most shaded, most cimmerian, most umbrageous, densest, most jet-black, most sable, bleakest, haziest, foggiest, most dismal, unclearest, most nubilous, most hazed, most opaque, heaviest … more
dusked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dusk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darkened, blackened, shaded, blacked out, grew black, grown black, made darker, grew blacker, grown blacker, grew dark, grown dark, grew darker, grown darker, made dark, closed in, made black, made blacker, became shaded, become shaded, toned down, overcast, shadowed, dimmed, overshadowed, obscured, bleared, beclouded, dislimned, shrouded, fogged, blurred, misted, hazed, befogged, bedimmed, overclouded, clouded, deepened, loured, clouded over, made dim, become black, fuzzed up, turned black, grew dim, grown dim, became black, eclipsed, veiled, obfuscated … more
dusking
  1. present participle of dusk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. darkening, blackening, shading, blacking out, growing black, making darker, growing blacker, growing dark, growing darker, making dark, closing in, making black, making blacker, becoming shaded, toning down, dimming, shadowing, obscuring, overshadowing, overclouding, beclouding, overcasting, fogging, dislimning, blurring, bedimming, hazing, shrouding, blearing, clouding, misting, befogging, deepening, louring, clouding over, making dim, growing dim, becoming black, fuzzing up, turning black, eclipsing, veiling, obfuscating, murking, adumbrating, muddying, graying, greying, dulling, cloaking … more
duskened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dusken
duskening
  1. present participle of dusken
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