half-light

noun

Definition of half-lightnext
as in shadows

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Recent Examples of half-light Start with a stripe down the middle, then mow in a figure eight to get that half-dark, half-light tuxedo look, or, my preferred method, loop around like a Zamboni until you're done. — CBS News, 1 May 2026 Antarctica in mid-winter is bathed in a dusky half-light or shrouded in darkness, with the sun's orbit ensuring the warming rays no longer reach the icy landmass. — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025 The play has a beautiful opening, in which a singer played by Georgia Heers appears in a hazy cone of half-light behind a golden curtain. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025 The world these characters inhabit, within an enclave of Flushing, Queens, is a place of in-between, captured in the evocative half-light of Norm Li’s cinematography, suggesting the cool-hot glow of the title’s blue sun. — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024 The courtyard of the Four Seasons Washington DC is hot in the late July half-light. — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-light
  1. shadows
  2. dark
  3. blackness
  4. twilight
  5. semidarkness
  6. candlelight
  7. dusk
  8. gloaming
Noun
  • As political turmoil and public discontent grow, Geonyoung, played by Jung Woosung, emerges from the shadows to chase down a revenge plot nearly a decade in the making.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Between color and contrast, rest assured that visuals will be lifelike yet discernible (and you won’t get picked off by a bad agent hiding in the shadows).
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of shadows
Noun
  • Dusk is easing into dark on the Cape Fear River when Max Cady (Javier Bardem) steps out of his car near Bluff’s Point.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
  • Overnight lows will also remain nearly 10 degrees above normal across the West, offering little relief even after dark.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of dark
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 breaking of silence in a tipsy twilight, if only for the sake of comical nonsense, can be as blessed as the break of dawn.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The sky darkens to twilight, exposing the Sun's corona and sometimes revealing stars and planets as temperatures briefly cool.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of twilight
Noun
  • From its first painterly images, of the face of Meryl Streep, sad and tender and lovely in the semidarkness, the film declares its artistry, its sensitivity and its theme.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Now, in the semidarkness and the throng of guests, all names seem somehow fluid, interchangeable, secondary.
    — Olga Tokarczuk, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
Definition of semidarkness
Noun
  • The most successful events were developed around a joint activity like the 60-person candlelight ceramics in Culver City, California, that sold out in a day following its promotion.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
  • Protesters marched Wednesday after the shooting and held a candlelight vigil for the man who died.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of candlelight
Noun
  • Bears are most active after the sun goes down, or even at dawn or dusk, according to Fish and Game.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2026
  • Sundown Sundays are summer fun-days (and ideal to combat any Sunday Scaries) with a growing crowd through dusk.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Definition of dusk
Noun
  • 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
Definition of gloaming

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“Half-light.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-light. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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