DUSKY, adjective 1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; as a dusky valley. A dusky torch. 2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as a dusky brown. DUSKY clouds. 3. Gloomy; sad. This dusky scene of horror. 4. Intellectually clouded; as a dusky sprite.
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