Of the air, etc.: Misty or hazy condition; obscurity, opacity.

Shade or shadow; a shady place.

The quality of being duskish or slightly dark; slight obscurity or dimness.

Gloomy appearance; dark or sombre hue. Now rare.

The quality of being dusky; partial darkness or blackness; dimness, gloom.

The condition of being gloomy; absence of clear light.

The state of being in shadow; darkness, dimness, obscurity; an instance of this. Also figurative.

An indefinite degree of darkness or obscurity, the result of night, clouds, deep shadow, etc. Sometimes plural.

The quality or condition of being shadowy.

The quality of being dusk; that which is dusk; duskiness, shade; gloom (as of a forest).

Duskiness, gloom.

Shade, dusky light.

darkness or gloom.

Scottish. Dullness, bleakness, gloom; spec. wet, cold, or overcast weather.