different between darksome vs dusky

English

Etymology

From dark +? -some.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??ks?m/

Adjective

darksome (comparative more darksome, superlative most darksome)

1. (poetic) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
   • 1799, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Love

     That sometimes from the savage den,
     And sometimes from the darksome shade,
     And sometimes staring up at once
     In green and sunny glade.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter XII, pages 221-222

     […] to cross the silent hall, to ascend the darksome staircase, to seek my own lonely little room, […]

   Synonyms: shaded, cheerless

English

Etymology

dusk +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?s.ki/
• Rhymes: -?ski

Adjective

dusky (comparative duskier, superlative duskiest)

1. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
2. Having a shade of color that is rather dark.

3. (dated, literary) Dark-skinned.
4. Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.

Synonyms

• (dark-skinned): black, inky, sable, sooty, swarthy

Translations

Noun

dusky (plural duskies)

1. A dusky shark.
2. A dusky dolphin.
3. A dusky grouse.