I'm beat. I've been working from dawn to dusk.
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Dusk
//dʌsk//
Synonyms for "dusk" (131 found)
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Related words (65)
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136 translations across 67 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- عِشَاء noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- غَسَق noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- يَعْتِم verb (to grow dusk)
- يَغْسِق verb (to grow dusk)
Armenian
2 entries- աղջամուղջ noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- մթնշաղ noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Bashkir
1 entries- эңер noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Basque
2 entries- ilunabar noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- ilunabartu verb (to grow dusk)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- गोधूलि noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Bikol Central
1 entries- sinarom noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Bulgarian
4 entries- здрач noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- привечер noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- сумрак noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- смрачава се verb (to grow dusk)
Catalan
2 entries- capvespre noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- crepuscle noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 黃昏 /黄昏 noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 曫 /𬁢 noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- 黃昏 /黄昏 noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Czech
1 entries- soumrak noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Danish
2 entries- skumring noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- skumre verb (to grow dusk)
Dutch
2 entries- avondschemering noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- schemering noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-x:x-w-N2 noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Esperanto
2 entries- vespera krepusko noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- vesperiĝo noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Estonian
1 entries- eha noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Ewe
1 entries- wɔle noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Finnish
4 entries- illansuu noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- iltahämärä noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- hämärtyä verb (to grow dusk)
- hämärtää verb (to grow dusk)
French
2 entries- crépuscule noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- entre chien et loup noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Galician
4 entries- anoitecer noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- bocanoite noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- crepúsculo noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- entre lusco e fusco noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Georgian
4 entries- ბინდი noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- დაბინდება noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- დაისი noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- მწუხრი noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
German
2 entries- Abenddämmerung noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- dunkeln verb (to grow dusk)
Hebrew
1 entries- בֵּין עַרְבַּייִם noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Hindi
1 entries- गोधूलि noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Hungarian
3 entries- alkony noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- esthajnal noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- szürkület noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Icelandic
4 entries- húm noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- ljósaskipti noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- rökkur noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- dimma verb (to grow dusk)
Indonesian
2 entries- senja noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- sore noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Ingrian
2 entries- hämärikko noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- hämärä noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Irish
3 entries- clapsholas noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- coineascar noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- titim na hoíche noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Italian
4 entries- crepuscolo noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- tramonto noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- crepuscolare verb (to grow dusk)
- tramontare verb (to grow dusk)
Japanese
2 entries- 夕暮れ noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- 黄昏 noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Korean
1 entries- 땅거미 noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Latgalian
1 entries- mikrieslis noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Latin
1 entries- crepusculum noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Latvian
2 entries- krēsla noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- krēslot verb (to grow dusk)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sutemos noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Macedonian
2 entries- квечерина noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- самрак noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Maguindanao
1 entries- silam noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Malayalam
1 entries- സായംസന്ധ്യ noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Maltese
1 entries- għabex noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡤᡝᡵᡥᡝᠨ ᠮᡠᡴᡳᠶᡝᠮᡝ noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Māori
2 entries- māpouriki noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- pōrehurehu noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Navajo
1 entries- hiłiijį́į́ʼ noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Norwegian
2 entries- skumring noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- skumre verb (to grow dusk)
Persian
1 entries- شامگاه noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Polish
2 entries- zmierzch noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- zmrok noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Portuguese
4 entries- anoitecer noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- crepúsculo noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- ocaso noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- pôr do sol noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Romagnol
1 entries- imbrunìr noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Romanian
4 entries- amurg noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- apus noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- crepuscul noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- amurgi verb (to grow dusk)
Russian
1 entries- су́мерки noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Samoan
1 entries- pogipogi noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दोषस् noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ciaradh noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- súton noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- sȕmrāk noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- су́тон noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- су̏мра̄к noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Spanish
4 entries- anochecer noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- crepúsculo noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- crepúsculo vespertino noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- lubricán vespertino noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Swedish
2 entries- skymning noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- skymma verb (to grow dusk)
Tagalog
1 entries- takipsilim noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Tamil
1 entries- பட்டபோது noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Telugu
2 entries- మునిమాపు వేళ noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- సాయం సంధ్య noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Turkish
1 entries- alacakaranlık noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Udmurt
1 entries- акшан noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Ukrainian
1 entries- су́тінки noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chạng vạng noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Volapük
1 entries- soaralulit noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Walloon
4 entries- anuti noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- brune noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- brunete noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
- noer cwårt d' eure noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Welsh
1 entries- llwydnos noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Zazaki
1 entries- tiji perayen noun (period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night)
Sample sentences
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Dusk fell over the desert.
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As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.
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Roger works from dawn to dusk.
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