Thesaurus: twilight

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1. n. The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
2. n. faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.
3. a. Seen or done by twilight.
4. a. Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
5. adj. lighted by or as if by twilight
6. n. the time of day immediately following sunset
7. n. the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
8. n. a condition of decline following successes
9. 1. The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18º below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth. 2. faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed. As when the sun . . . from behind the moon, In dim eclipse. disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. The twilight of probability. Locke. 1. Seen or done by twilight. Milton. 2. Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure. O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. Pope.
10. n:100 n. the time of day immediately following sunset n. the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth n. a condition of decline following successes