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Gloaming: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Gloaming noun. Twilight; the soft, fading light after sunset.
How to say it
GLOH-ming/ˈɡləʊmɪŋ/
2 syllables, stressed on the first (GLOH).
Gloaming in a sentence
We walked home through the gloaming, bats flitting low over the lane.
In the gloaming the hills turned from green to violet to black.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- dusk
- twilight
- nightfall
- eventide
Opposite:
- dawn
- daybreak
Where gloaming comes from
From Old English glōmung, from glōm, twilight; kept alive in Scots.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
In the _____ the hills turned from green to violet to black.
- estuary
- gloaming
- psithurism
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gloaming: In the gloaming the hills turned from green to violet to black.