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Synonyms for dusk
dʌskdusk
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
dusk
Synonyms:
blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadowAntonyms:
blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling
Princeton's WordNet
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscleverb
the time of day immediately following sunset
"he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
Synonyms:
gloam, crepuscle, declension, declination, pin, fall, surrender, gloaming, evenfall, descent, capitulation, decline, declivity, downslope, drop, autumn, dip, tumble, crepuscule, twilight, free fall, spill, nightfall, downfallduskverb
become dusk
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
dusknoun
Synonyms:
twilight
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DUSK
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1232 | fall | |
#1640 | dark | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2378 | evening | |
#3071 | pin | |
#4505 | shadow | |
#5476 | sunset | |
#5615 | decline | |
#6341 | autumn | |
#6663 | darkness | |
#8025 | shade | |
#9094 | dip | |
#10122 | twilight | |
#11564 | surrender | |
#11777 | spill | |
#13070 | descent | |
#17934 | tumble | |
#18076 | dusk | |
#27947 | downfall | |
#28338 | gloom | |
#36428 | obscurity | |
#38177 | declination | |
#38840 | sundown | |
#45658 | blackness | |
#49878 | nightfall | |
#71554 | vespers | |
#80167 | capitulation | |
#116269 | downslope | |
#117527 | declension | |
#145906 | crepuscule | |
#172856 | dimness | |
#185304 | gloaming | |
#253199 | declivity | |
#327568 | evenfall | |
#330484 | gloominess |
How to use dusk in a sentence?
Thomas Hood (1799-1845), in the poem called No!:
No sun - no moon! No morn - no noon - No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November!
End year's dusk, new year's dawn; gratitude fills the last page, anticipation pens the first.
Pollen count is highest between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m., and again at dusk, so plan your workouts for other times of the day when pollen levels are lower.
The Northeast Police Department:
A loud scream across the parking lot at Walmart drew the attention of an NEPD Officer who was patrolling the area, at dusk this evening.
One season's dusk, another season's dawn. Gratitude fills the last page, anticipation pens the first.
Translations for dusk
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- الغسقArabic
- здрач, привечер, сумракBulgarian
- capvespre, crepuscleCatalan, Valencian
- soumrakCzech
- llwydnosWelsh
- skumringDanish
- AbenddämmerungGerman
- wɔleEwe
- ocasoSpanish
- غروبPersian
- illansuu, hämärtää, hämärtyä, pimetä, iltahämäräFinnish
- crépusculeFrench
- luí na gréineIrish
- ciaradhScottish Gaelic
- गोधूलि बेलाHindi
- esthajnal, szürkület, alkonyHungarian
- մթնշաղ, աղջամուղջArmenian
- senja, soreIndonesian
- húm, húma, rökkur, rökkva, ljósaskipti, dimmaIcelandic
- tramontare, crepuscolo, tramonto, crepuscolareItalian
- אַפְלוּלִיתHebrew
- 夕暮れ, 黄昏Japanese
- დაისი, მწუხრი, შებინდებაGeorgian
- opacare,Latin
- krēslot, krēslaLatvian
- квечерина, самракMacedonian
- schemeringDutch
- skumringNorwegian
- zmierzchPolish
- crepúsculo, ocaso, pôr do solPortuguese
- însera, amurgi, amurg, apus, crepusculRomanian
- сумеркиRussian
- sȕmrāk, сумрак, suton, сутонSerbo-Croatian
- skymningSwedish
- సాయం సంధ్య, మునిమాపు వేళTelugu
- شامUrdu
- chạng vạngVietnamese
- soaralulitVolapük
- 黄昏Chinese
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