dusk

Meanings

Plural: dusks

Noun

the time of day immediately following sunset
The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
A darkish colour.
The condition of being dusky; duskiness

Verb

become dusk
To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.
To make dusk.

Adj

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more).

Synonyms

cockshut, crepuscle, crepuscule, crepusculum, dark, dimmity, duckish, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, mirkning, night, nightfall, smokefall, sun, sundown, sunset, twilight, vespers

Antonyms

dawn, daybreak

Scrabble Score: 9

dusk is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
dusk is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dusk is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

dusk is a valid Words With Friends word