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 game down on the field seems to be played in the gloaming. — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2022 The mirror’s surface turned suddenly iridescent, like an oil slick beneath a gloaming. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloaming
  1. dusk
  2. night
  3. shadows
  4. sunset
  5. dark
  6. twilight
  7. blackness
  8. evening
Noun
  • In the early evening, just before dusk, the sun peeks through the trees and warms the bench.
    — Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Each light fully charges in about five hours of direct sunlight, then automatically turns on at dusk and off at dawn for an effortless set-it-and-forget-it operation.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2026
Definition of dusk
Noun
  • The engineer flew in from Tampa to try and find her mother, sister, brother-in-law and nephew in the ruins of their nine-story apartment building, sleeping on the ground since arriving two nights ago.
    — Isa Soares, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • On Monday night, Contreras was ejected in the second inning after a check-swing strikeout prompted him to give a sarcastic ABS challenge gesture at the umpire, earning an instant boot.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of night
Noun
  • Dark figures were darting through the shadows—Germans were carrying sacks and pillows to their building.
    — Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Reflections, shadows and motion blur can all reduce detection confidence.
    — Freddy Kuo, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of shadows
Noun
  • By sunset, the park had transformed into a celebration of national pride as supporters prepared to cheer on their country before Friday night’s match.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • The nonprofit and the Coastal Commission have drafted a public access management plan that states the land will be open from sunrise to sunset.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of sunset
Noun
  • Even an aggressive plaintiff would know that lingering past dark wouldn’t go over well in court.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
  • News of a glow-in-the-dark Nike Air Foamposite Pro first materialized in November, with early reports of a Summit White/Black colorway enhanced with the glowing treatment.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 June 2026
Definition of dark
Noun
  • Venus is still with us though, and is the brightest star-like object in the sky this month, popping out in the low western twilight very soon after sunset and slipping below the horizon not long after evening twilight ends.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 5 July 2026
  • However, nights remain short for observers in the northern hemisphere and lingering twilight could make auroras harder to spot.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of twilight
Noun
  • Experts say that the biggest challenge at that extreme level of blackness is actually measuring it.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 June 2026
  • In the restaurant, my dad looked at me with the passionate conviction of a man who was confident in his Blackness and wanted nothing more than to pass it on.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Definition of blackness
Noun
  • The twin quakes struck Venezuela on June 24 and by the evening of the next day, the Los Angeles County team of 73 crew members, six canine teams and 80,000 pounds of equipment were on their way to March Air Force Base in Riverside.
    — Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Macron arrived in Syria on Monday evening local time to meet the country’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa, SANA said, marking the first official visit by a Western leader to the country since the fall of the Assad regime in December, 2024.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
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