Antonyms for dusk
dʌskdusk

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1. dusknoun

   Antonyms:
   dawn

   Synonyms:
   sundown, sunset, vespers, smokefall, evenfall

2. dusknoun

   to begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk

   Synonyms:
   vespers, smokefall, evenfall, sundown, sunset

   Antonyms:
   dawn

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1. dusk

   Antonyms:
   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

   Synonyms:
   blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow

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1. • Darken

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1. 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, downfall

2. duskverb

   become dusk

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1. dusknoun

   Synonyms:
   twilight, evening, nightfall

How to use dusk in a sentence?

1. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   End year's dusk, new year's dawn; gratitude fills the last page, anticipation pens the first.

2. William Ja:

   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.

3. Chris Fischer:

   Don't go play with the seals in the water at dawn or dusk. Other than that, enjoy life, go swimming. Because if you're worried about a shark interaction, you should be scared to death to get in the car.

4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Look at the magnificence of love, at this heavenly dusk, wind is singing the song of joy, the sun is kissing the ocean. Saying goodbye for the night, promising to wake her up at the dawn of life, with the touch of his warmth and light.

5. Jeremy Kiszka:

   This is totally related to the sharks behavior, and sharks preferentially attacked isolated swimmers and surfers, at dusk and dawnespecially at dusk they tend to forage closer to shore.

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