crepuscular

adjective

Definition of crepuscularnext
as in twilit

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Recent Examples of crepuscular Everything was bathed in a crepuscular, dreamlike Mediterranean light. — Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026 Smith, who at 36 has reached the crepuscular stage of his career, was emotional following the game. — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025 And his use of color — bold reds, crepuscular blues, hopeful yellows — is impossible to forget. — Ernesto Lechner, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025 As crepuscular animals, felines are most active at dawn and dusk, which their ancestors used to their advantage to hunt in the wild, according to an article from the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crepuscular
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crepuscular
  1. twilit
  2. dusk
  3. dusky
  4. darkling
  5. darkened
  6. lightless
  7. gloomy
  8. somber
Adjective
  • Gaze upon a twilit sky, the endless shore, the receding vista, the inside of palm to forehead.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Zegler is the true find, a marvelous singer and a radiant persona, and Spielberg and Kaminski film her like a bright flare in a twilit ocean; her sheer presence papers over some of the more facile aspects of Maria’s characterization.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2021
Definition of twilit
Adjective
  • When the summer heat creeps to unbearable temperatures, pre-dawn and post-dusk become the most appealing times to run.
    — Outside Online, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Mylar space blankets draped across their shoulders glistened a surreal golden hue as the vessel’s blinding strobe lights illuminated the post-dusk spectacle.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2021
Definition of dusk
Adjective
  • As the sun dips behind the canyon walls, the desert cools down rapidly, creating another window to head back out for a dusky hike.
    — Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The leaf canopy was so dense that at times only a half-light, a sort of dusky murk, penetrated to the forest floor where the hounds ran.
    — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of dusky
Adjective
  • Its 19th-century spire lit up like a matchstick against the darkling sky, its tip cracking and plunging through the ceiling.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of darkling
Adjective
  • This trend has been pretty pervasive among designer bags recently, with shoppers buying new Prada and Chanel bags with darkened leather to give them a used look, or sourcing vintage Celine bags with obvious signs of wear.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of darkened
Adjective
  • Such black holes would be extremely hard to spot and thus might account for some or all of the universe’s dark matter—an invisible, lightless something that seems to act like gravitational glue, binding together galaxies and galaxy clusters.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
  • Oh, and the grief was almost a person of its own, darkening the minds of some of the characters as much as any lightless corridor could darken a space.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of lightless
Adjective
  • My journalistic interest in the world’s favorite dessert was first piqued on a gloomy December day in 2009, when a friend and I toured a chocolate factory.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Abrams is a player who is both imperfect and essential to a team that has far exceeded its gloomy preseason projections.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of gloomy
Adjective
  • Davis was much more somber, and his attorney, Wayne Higgins, is heard frequently admonishing his client for volunteering unnecessary information.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Bookended by drone shots of the Macedonian countryside and a somber cello refrain by Novogradska, this 86-minute doc is otherwise composed of scoreless interviews with subjects seated in front of black curtains and captured in medium range.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of somber

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“Crepuscular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crepuscular. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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