Defenition of the word dusk

• Defenition of the word dusk

  • A period of time at the end of the day shortly after sunset during which the light fades gradually.
  • a state of diffused or dim illumination
  • the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
  • the time of day immediately following sunset
  • become dusk

Synonyms for the word dusk

• • early evening
  • end of the day
  • evenfall
  • evening
  • fall
  • gloaming
  • nightfall
  • sundown
  • sunset
  • twilight

Similar words in the dusk

• • dusk
  • dusk's
  • duskier
  • duskiest
  • dusky

Meronymys for the word dusk

• • eve
  • evening
  • eventide

Hyponyms for the word dusk

• • night

Hypernyms for the word dusk

• • darken
  • hour
  • semidarkness
  • time of day

Antonyms for the word dusk

• • dawn

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