twilight

Speech parts

1. twilight - Noun

2. twilight - Adjective

3. twilight - Verb

4. twilight - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.

Seen or done by twilight.

Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gloaming dusk nightfall crepuscule fall evening dusky gloam dimness evenfall crepuscle half-light twilit eve vesper
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Antonyms

aurora sol moonlight dawn alb morn
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Hypernyms

light decline hour declination time of day

Hyponyms

night

Phrases with the word

in the twilight of one's life twilight years twilight vision twilight chameleon twilight snake this twilight

Examples

he loved the twilight Source: Internet

they finished before the fall of night Source: Internet

The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn Source: Internet

the twilight glow of the sky Source: Internet

a boat on a twilit river Source: Internet

Abrahamson followed a World War II veteran through the twilight of life. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Twila twilbil twile twilight anesthesia twilight beetle twilight chameleon