English-Thai Dictionary

dusk

N เวลาเย็น ก่อน ค่ำ  เวลา โพล้เพล้  สนธยา  half-light twilight gloaming we-la-yen-kon-kam

 

dusky

A ที่ มืด สลัว  ti-mued-sa-lua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DUSK

a.[G., tarnish; to tarnish; to become dull or obscure. Gr. ] 1. Tending to darkness, or moderately dark.
2. Tending to a dark or black color; moderately black.

 

DUSK

n. 1. A tending to darkness; incipient or imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as the dusk of the evening.
2. Tendency to a black color; darkness of color.
Whose dusk set off the whiteness of the skin.

 

DUSK

v.t.To make dusky. [Little used. ]

 

DUSK

v.i.To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dark. [Little used. ]

 

DUSKILY

adv. With partial darkness; with a tendency to blackness or darkness.

 

DUSKINESS

n.Incipient or partial darkness; a slight or moderate degree of darkness or blackness.

 

DUSKISH

a.Moderately dusky; partially obscure; slightly dark or black; as duskish smoke. Duskish tincture.

 

DUSKISHLY

adv. Cloudily; darkly.

 

DUSKISHNESS

n.Duskiness; approach to darkness.

 

DUSKY

a. 1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; as a dusky valley.
A dusky torch.
2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as a dusky brown.
Dusky clouds.
3. Gloomy; sad.
This dusky scene of horror.
4. Intellectually clouded; as a dusky sprite.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DUSK

Dusk, a. Etym: [OE. dusc, dosc, deosc; cf. dial. Sw. duska to drizzle, dusk a slight shower.

 

Defn: Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky. A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades. Milton.

 

DUSK

DUSK Dusk, n.

 

1. Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

 

2. A darkish color. Whose duck set off the whiteness of the skin. Dryden.

 

DUSK

DUSK Dusk, v. t.

 

Defn: To make dusk. [Archaic ] After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth. Holland.

 

DUSK

DUSK Dusk, v. i.

 

Defn: To grow dusk. [R.] Chaucer.

 

DUSKEN

DUSKEN Dusk "en, v. t.

 

Defn: To make dusk or obscure. [R.] Not utterly defaced, but only duskened. Nicolls.

 

DUSKILY

DUSKILY Dusk "i *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a dusky manner. Byron.

 

DUSKINESS

DUSKINESS Dusk "i *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being dusky.

 

DUSKISH

DUSKISH Dusk "ish, a.

 

Defn: Somewhat dusky. " Duskish smoke. " Spenser. -- Dusk "ish *ly, adv. -- Dusk "ish *ness, n.

 

DUSKNESS

DUSKNESS Dusk "ness, n.

 

Defn: Duskiness. [R.] Sir T. Elyot.

 

DUSKY

DUSKY Dusk "y, a.

 

1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley. Through dusky lane and wrangling mart. Keble.

 

2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown. Bacon. When Jove in dusky clouds involves the sky. Dryden. The figure of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur. Hawthorne.

 

3. Gloomy; sad; melancholy. This dusky scene of horror, this melancholy prospect. Bentley.

 

4. Intellectually clouded. Though dusky wits dare scorn astrology. Sir P. Sidney.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dusk

dusk |dəsk dəsk | ▶noun the darker stage of twilight: dusk was falling rapidly | working the land from dawn to dusk . • semidarkness: in the dusk of an Istanbul nightclub. ▶verb [ no obj. ] literary grow dark: (as adj. dusking ) : he saw the lights blaze in the dusking sky. ▶adjective literary shadowy, dim, or dark. ORIGIN Old English dox ‘dark, swarthy ’ and doxian ‘darken in color, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tusin ‘darkish ’; compare with dun 1. The noun dates from the early 17th cent. The change in form from -x to -sk occurred in Middle English.

 

dusky

dusk y |ˈdəskē ˈdəski | ▶adjective ( duskier, duskiest ) darkish in color: dusky red | a dusky complexion. • dated used in euphemistic or poetic reference to black or other dark-skinned people: a dusky Moorish maiden. • literary dim: dusky light came from a small window. • [ attrib. ] used in names of animals with dark coloration, e.g., dusky dolphin, dusky warbler. DERIVATIVES dusk i ly |-kəlē |adverb, dusk i ness noun

 

dusky wing

dusk y wing ▶noun a small, dark-winged butterfly of the skipper family, found in North America. [Genus Erynnis, family Hesperiidae; the species are very difficult to tell apart. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

dusk

dusk |dʌsk | ▶noun the darker stage of twilight: dusk was falling rapidly | working the land from dawn to dusk . • [ mass noun ] literary semi-darkness: the dusk of the vestry. ▶verb [ no obj. ] literary grow dark: (as adj. dusking ) : he saw the lights blaze in the dusking sky. ▶adjective literary shadowy, dim, or dark. ORIGIN Old English dox ‘dark, swarthy ’ and doxian ‘darken in colour ’, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tusin ‘darkish ’; compare with dun 1 The noun dates from the early 17th cent. The change in form from -x to -sk occurred in Middle English.

 

dusky

dusky |ˈdʌski | ▶adjective ( duskier, duskiest ) darkish in colour: dusky red | a dusky complexion. • dated used in euphemistic or poetic reference to black or other dark-skinned people: a dusky Moorish maiden. • literary dim: dusky light came from a small window. • [ attrib. ] used in names of animals with dark coloration, e.g. dusky dolphin, dusky warbler. DERIVATIVES duskily adverb, duskiness noun

 

dusky wing

dusk y wing ▶noun a small, dark-winged butterfly of the skipper family, found in North America. [Genus Erynnis, family Hesperiidae; the species are very difficult to tell apart. ]

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dusk

dusk noun at dusk the fading sun shines through yellowing leaves: twilight, nightfall, sunset, sundown, evening, close of day; semidarkness, gloom, murkiness; literary gloaming, eventide. ANTONYMS dawn.

 

dusky

dusky adjective 1 the dusky countryside: shadowy, dark, dim, gloomy, murky, shady; unlit, unilluminated; sunless, moonless. ANTONYMS bright. 2 dated a dusky complexion: dark-skinned, dark, olive-skinned, swarthy, ebony, black; tanned, bronzed, coppery, brown. ANTONYMS fair.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dusk

dusk noun he arrived just before dusk | lighted windows shone through the dusk: twilight, nightfall, sunset, sundown, evening, close of day; dark, darkness, semi-darkness, gathering darkness, gloom, gloominess, murk, murkiness, shades of evening; literary gloaming, eventide, eve, even, evenfall; rare tenebrosity, owl light, crepuscule. ANTONYMS dawn; daylight.

 

dusky

dusky adjective she looked out into the dusky countryside: shadowy, dark, darkish, dim, gloomy, murky, shady, cloudy, misty, hazy, foggy; unlit, unlighted, unilluminated, sunless, moonless; literary crepuscular, tenebrous; rare Stygian, Cimmerian, Tartarean, caliginous. ANTONYMS bright.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dusk

dusk /dʌsk /名詞 U 1 夕暮れ (!twilightのより暗い段階 ), 夕やみ ▸ at dusk 夕暮れに 2 ｟詩 文 ｠薄暗がり .形容詞 ｟詩 文 ｠薄暗い .

 

dusky

dusk y /dʌ́ski /形容詞 ｟やや文 ｠1 暗い色合いの, (色がきつくなく )柔らかな .2 薄暗い, ぼんやりとした .3 ｟やや古 /遠回しに ｠(肌が )浅黒い (!時に無礼に受け取られる ) .