Synonyms of dusks

dusks 1 of 2

noun

plural of dusk

as in sunsets

the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness

we stopped playing at dusk, since it was getting too dark to see the ball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sunsets
• twilights
• evenings
• nights
• sundowns
• nightfalls
• eves
• crepuscles
• darks
• crepuscules
• gloamings
• eventides
• nighttimes
• evenfalls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dawns
• sunrises
• mornings
• daylights
• aurorae
• auroras
• morns
• days
• lights
• daytimes
• daybreaks
• sunups
• cockcrows
• forenoons

dusks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dusk

as in darkens

to grow dark

the grief-stricken woman continued to sit in the dusking room until she was completely enveloped in darkness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darkens
• fades
• blackens
• closes in
• blacks out
• dims
• wanes
• lours
• glooms
• lowers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lights
• beams
• shines
• brightens
• dawns
• lightens
• radiates
• glows