twilight

twi·light

noun, often attributive \ˈtwī-ˌlīt\

Definition of TWILIGHT

1

: the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust; also : a time of twilight

2

a : an intermediate state that is not clearly defined <lived in the twilight of neutrality — Newsweek> b : a period of decline <the twilight of a great career>

Examples of TWILIGHT

1. The sun set and twilight fell.
2. <stumbled around the twilight of the shuttered room, unable to see where she was going>

First Known Use of TWILIGHT

15th century

Related to TWILIGHT

Synonyms: black, blackness, candlelight, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, murk, night, semidarkness, shade, shadows, dark, umbra

Antonyms: blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness

Related Words: midnight; blackout, brownout, dimout; shadiness, umbrage; dullness (also dulness), somberness; cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness; dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness; half-light

Near Antonyms: moonlight, starlight, sunlight; effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine; incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousness

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Rhymes with TWILIGHT

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