afterglow

Noun

Meaning

a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset

the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

twilight halo eventide end night child radiance sheen phosphorescence balance decline evening remainder intensity happiness
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Antonyms

hangover foundation day cause source beginning
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Hypernyms

pleasantness atmospheric phenomenon

Related terms

aftereffect alpenglow

Phrases with the word

long-afterglow afterglow material

Examples

A man is entitled to only one great passion in a lifetime. Whether it's music or a profession or a woman, everything else pales in its afterglow. The searing shock so changes one's chemistry that if the object is lost, the experience can never be repeated. Only anticlimax remains. Jack McDevitt

Let my thoughts come to you, when I am gone, like the afterglow of sunset at the margin of starry silence. Rabindranath Tagore

The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention. Bob Graham

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. Theodore Isaac Rubin

he basked in the afterglow of his victory Source: Internet

Edvard Munch 's painting The Scream possibly depicts an afterglow during this period. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

afterflow afterfruit aftergame afterglowy aftergrass aftergrowth