Synonyms: twilight
Definition: the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
Similar words: light, visible light, visible radiation
Definition: (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
Usage: the light was filtered through a soft glass window
Synonyms: twilight
Definition: a condition of decline following successes
Usage: in the twilight of the empire
Similar words: declination, decline
Definition: a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
Synonyms: twilight, fall, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, dusk, crepuscle, crepuscule, nightfall
Definition: the time of day immediately following sunset
Usage: he loved the twilight; they finished before the fall of night
Synonyms: twilight, twilit, dusky
Definition: lighted by or as if by twilight
Usage: The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn-Henry Fielding; the twilight glow of the sky; a boat on a twilit river
Similar words: dark
Definition: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
Usage: sitting in a dark corner; a dark day; dark shadows; dark as the inside of a black cat