GLOAMING
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
(noun) the time of day immediately following sunset; “he loved the twilight”; “they finished before the fall of night”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gloaming (plural gloamings)
(poetry, Scotland, North England) Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
(obsolete) Sullenness; melancholy.
Synonyms
• (twilight): crepuscule, glooming, vespers; see also twilight
• (melancholy): glooming, misery, sadness, sorrow, woe
Antonyms
• daytime, daylight, nighttime, darkness
Source: Wiktionary
Gloam"ing, n. Etym: [See Gloom.]
1. Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening. [Scot. & North of Eng., and in poetry.] Hogg.
2. Sullenness; melancholy. [Obs.] J. Still.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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