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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?
You can love a person for walking the same roads as you every dusk or dawn. You can love a person a lot by teaching him to love people, thus himself. You can love someone like no one has ever loved or will ever love them, but you can’t ask anyone to love you.
Maybe it's so that they can continue foraging and accumulating nutrients before sleep, or maybe that's a peak time for birds and frogs and other insect eaters to come out, so sleeping at dusk would be especially vulnerable for the flies.
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.
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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