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Synonyms for dusk
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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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dusknoun
Synonyms:
twilight
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?
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.
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.
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.
Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the bruised shins of the playground, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and squares and monuments and shops that constitute one's first universe.
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.
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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