DUSKY

adj. 1 dark, black, ebony, sable, jet-black; swarthy, swart, dark-complected, dark-complexioned 'Dusky diamonds' is another name for coal A dusky gentleman offered to see her home safely. 2 shadowy, shady, dim, dark, unilluminated, unlit, murky, subfusc, subfuscous, gloomy, obscure An ominous figure was lurking in the dusky area under the stairs