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- [duhsk]
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- /dʌsk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [duhsk]
- /dʌsk/
Definitions of dusk word
- noun dusk the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight. 1
- noun dusk partial darkness; shade; gloom: She was barely visible in the dusk of the room. 1
- adjective dusk tending to darkness; dark. 1
- noun dusk The darker stage of twilight. 1
- noun dusk twilight 1
- uncountable noun dusk Dusk is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark. 0
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Origin of dusk
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25; back formation from dusky
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Dusk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dusk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dusk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dusk
noun dusk
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- twilight — the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
- sunset — the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- sundown — sunset, especially the time of sunset.
- dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
adjective dusk
- nubilous — cloudy or foggy.
- lightless — without light or lights; receiving no light; dark.
- unlit — not illuminated
- pitch-dark — dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
- murky — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
Antonyms for dusk
noun dusk
- daybreak — Daybreak is the time in the morning when light first appears.
- sunrise — a city in SE Florida.
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- day — A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week.
- light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
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