gloaming

gloam·ing

noun \ˈglō-miŋ\

Definition of GLOAMING

: twilight, dusk

Examples of GLOAMING

1. <lovers would often retreat to the gloaming of the park's many secluded recesses to steal a kiss>
2. <with the gloaming came the familiar call of the whip-poor-will>

Origin of GLOAMING

Middle English (Scots) gloming, from Old English glōming, from glōm twilight; akin to Old English glōwan to glow

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to GLOAMING

Synonyms: black, blackness, candlelight, darkness, dusk, dark, gloom, murk, night, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, 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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Other Calendar Terms

antedate, estival, luster, sesquicentennial

Rhymes with GLOAMING

coaming