gloaming

noun

ˈglō-miŋ How to pronounce gloaming (audio)
Definition of gloamingnext
1
as in dusk
a time or place of little or no light lovers would often retreat to the gloaming of the park's many secluded recesses to steal a kiss

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2
as in night
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness with the gloaming came the familiar call of the whip-poor-will

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Recent Examples of gloaming The mirror’s surface turned suddenly iridescent, like an oil slick beneath a gloaming. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026 There is an excellent chance that one of the world’s two best golfers will be sliding his arms into a green jacket in the sweet gloaming of Sunday evening just outside the Augusta National clubhouse. — Jason Sobel, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Just across the street was a second landfill, belonging to a Texas company called Weeks Environmental, whose own black mountain—nearly ten million additional barrels of waste—rose into the Texas gloaming. — Justin Nobel, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 So imagine everyone’s delight when Bennifer reemerged from the gloaming after Lopez split with fiance Alex Rodriguez. — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 17 July 2022 The game down on the field seems to be played in the gloaming. — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloaming
  1. dusk
  2. night
  3. shadows
  4. sunset
  5. dark
  6. twilight
  7. blackness
  8. evening
Noun
  • Driving down the grand driveway at dusk in the signature gold Bentley with your new spouse.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • One of the best ways to avoid being bitten by a shark is to stay out of the water at dawn or dusk, according to experts with the International Shark Attack File.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of dusk
Noun
  • What transpired in-between the curtain raiser and final pose was much like what had gone down the previous night in Cincinnati, at the first public gig the Beach Boys had done since canceling a slew of dates beginning in July.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The White House did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment Sunday night.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of night
Noun
  • Depending on the time of day and the weather, visitors will see these spaces under different light and cast with varying shadows.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The diagrid also casts cool shadows that shift as the day goes by.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of shadows
Noun
  • The 400-acre property gets great sunsets and somehow seems miles away from Dallas despite being just outside the city limits.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The low-angle light plays hobs with conventional solar panels lying flat on a lander, but Blue Origin's Power Tower is designed to exploit the near-eternal sunset/sunrise.
    — David Szondy October 07, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of sunset
Noun
  • For his safety, the former water treatment plant operator isn’t supposed to be on the dock after dark.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly everyone wore black, with plenty of tattoos, webbed, sheer textured layers and sunglasses worn well after dark.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of dark
Noun
  • Arizona led 2-1 in the third before the Padres went in front on Ty France's RBI groundout and Gavin Sheets' RBI double that center fielder Tim Tawa lost in the lights and twilight sky.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • And at twilight, New Orleans bandleader and composer Jon Batiste delivered a contagious tour-de-force of joy and struggle, careening from ragtime classics to contemporary numbers.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of twilight
Noun
  • Nori of a perfect blackness, death-like, without the green glints of more common seaweed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The surf was raging, completely enveloping the craft with only the swaying masts visible in the blackness of the night.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of blackness
Noun
  • Its minimalist aesthetic and discreet approach to luxury perfectly capture the growing desire for versatile bags that transition effortlessly from day to evening.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • But the administration blew past a Sunday evening deadline and ran two of the ads into the early hours of Monday, advertising data from AdImpact shows.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
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“Gloaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloaming. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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