meaning of dusky

1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.
2.
Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown.
3.
Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
4.
Intellectually clouded.
5.
naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart is ">archaic"


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