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- DictionaryGloam·ing/ˈɡlōmiNG/
noun
- 1. twilight; dusk: literary "hundreds of lights are already shimmering in the gloaming"
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A poetic word for "twilight," or the time of day immediately after the sun sets, is gloaming. The best thing about summer evenings is looking for twinkling fireflies in the gloaming . That romantic time of day when the light has mostly faded but it's not quite dark yet?
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gloaming in British English. (ˈɡləʊmɪŋ ) or gloam (ɡləʊm ) noun. poetic. twilight or dusk. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. Old English glōmung, from glōm; related to Old Norse glāmr moon.
noun. Evening dusk; twilight. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: crepuscle. crepuscule. fall. evenfall. nightfall. gloam. dusk. twilight. evening. eventide. vesper. even. Other Word Forms of Gloaming. Noun. Singular: gloaming. Plural: gloamings. Origin of Gloaming.
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noun. These are words and phrases related to gloaming. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of gloaming. NIGHTFALL. Synonyms. nightfall. twilight. dusk. day's end. evening. evenfall. eventide. sunset. sundown. moonrise. crepuscule. darkness. Antonyms. daytime. dawn. daybreak. daylight.
gloaming. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English gloam‧ing /ˈɡləʊmɪŋ $ ˈɡloʊ-/ noun → the gloaming Examples from the Corpus gloaming • He did not hear the sound of heavy feet, Or in the gloaming see a spiked top hat. • In the gloaming the Weem folk made their way home along the dark gorge of the road.
Definition of GLOAMING. : twilight, dusk. See gloaming defined for English-language learners. See gloaming defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT. 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.
noun The fall of the evening as the time of dusk or gloom; the twilight. noun Hence—2. Closing period; decline: as, the gloaming of life. noun 3. Gloominess of mood or disposition; glooming. Of or pertaining to the gloaming or twilight. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
