dusky

«dusky» in Mova's school dictionary: Rather dark, as at dusk, the time when evening turns into… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (dusky, duskier, duskiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Rather dark, as at dusk, the time when evening turns into night. tree →

2) Dark or dim in colour: «dusky pink», «dusky blue». tree →

3) (old, now offensive) Used in old books to describe people with dark skin; this use is hurtful today and should not be used. tree →

sense in the lessons

A describing word in nature lessons and stories for evening light, shadows and soft colours. Animals are named with it: the dusky dolphin, dusky shark. In older books, including some of Kipling's, words about skin colour are used in ways we now know are wrong.

examples

• The dusky sky was full of bats. tree →
• We walked home through the dusky lane. tree →
• She wore a dusky pink dress. tree →
• The dusky dolphin lives near New Zealand. tree →
• The room grew dusky as the sun went down. tree →
• Moths came out in the dusky garden. tree →
• At last the sun went down behind the pine tops, and it was cool and dusky in the great wood. tree →

note

From «dusk» + «-y». Use it for light and colours. The old use about people's skin is racist today: if you read it in an old book, know it is an outdated way of speaking.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dusky» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.