Definition
to make dark or gloomy; to cause to become dark as dusk; to darken.
Etymology
From be- (causative prefix) + dusk (from Old English dox or doxc, related to Old Norse dökkr 'dark'). The verb means to cause something to become dark like dusk.
Kelly Says
Dusk itself is related to 'dark' through ancient Germanic roots, and creating 'bedusk' shows how medieval English writers could poetically turn a time of day into an action—'to bedusk the room' means 'to make it dusky'.
Translations
CACatalà
tristeça
trist-e-tsa
DADansk
bedrøvelse
be-dro-vel-se
DEDeutsch
Bedrückung
be-dru-k-ung
ESEspañol
desconsuelo
des-kon-soo-eh-loh
FRFrançais
tristeur
trist-ur
HUMagyar
szomorúság
szo-mo-roo-sagh
IDBahasa Indonesia
sedih
se-dih
ITItaliano
tristezza
trist-e-ttsa
MSBahasa Melayu
kesedihan
ke-se-di-han
NLNederlands
bedauern
be-dow-ern
NONorsk
bedrøvelse
be-dro-vel-se
PTPortuguês
desânimo
de-sa-nee-moh
RORomână
îndoieli
in-doe-ye-lee
RUРусский
опечаленность
o-pe-che-len-nost'
SVSvenska
bedrövning
be-dro-ning
SWKiswahili
huzuni
hu-zoo-nee
TAதமிழ்
வருத்தம்
varu-tham
THไทย
ความเศร้า
khwam-sair
TLTL
kalungkutan
ka-lung-ku-tan
UKУкраїнська
сумні
su-mni
VITiếng Việt
buồn bã
boo-on bah
ZUZU
umngqophiso
um-ng-qo-phi-so