dusky adj 1: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river" [syn: {twilight(a)}, {twilit}] 2: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" [syn: {dark-skinned}, {swart}, {swarthy}] [also: {duskiest}, {duskier}] duskier See {dusky}