![]() ![]() We've arranged the synonyms in length order so that they are easier to find. noun early evening synonyms for dusk Compare Synonyms nightfall sundown sunset twilight dark eventide gloaming gloom night dimday dimmet antonyms for dusk MOST RELEVANT daybreak sunrise brightness day light dawn Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright 2013 by the Philip Lief Group. ![]() *In the most basic sense, the dog represents the day while the wolf symbolizes the night, but you can take it much further than that. We hope that the following list of synonyms for the word dusk will help you to finish your crossword today. Synonyms for DUSK: drab, cloudy, grimy, obfuscous, sunless, somber, shadowy, indistinct, shaded, dim, nebulous, sooty, lurid, dull, cimmerian, darkened. Some sources, including Littré, state that entre chien et loup is also synonymous with à la tombée du jour (dawn), but Le Petit Robert and TLFi disagree. Nous l’avons rencontré à la plage, entre chien et loup. Par exemple… Je n’aime pas sortir entre chien et loup. Synonyms for DUSK Dusk-dawn (84.14) Dusk counterpart (84.14) Dusk, in poetry (84.14) Dusk, poetically (84.14) Dusk sight (84.14) Dusk, to a poet. I suppose the French expression entre chien et loup is too, since it suggests that the limited light prevents you from knowing whether you’re looking at a dog or a wolf,* but somehow the poetry of the expression makes it all okay. The French word for dusk is crépuscule, which to me sounds rather ominous. ![]() Usage notes: What’s the difference between nightfall, dusk, and twilight? Poetry. ![]()
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