TWILIGHT
Scrabble letter values: T1W4I1L1I1G2H4T1 = 15
Definition
- adjective lighted by or as if by twilight. — synonyms: dusky, twilight(a), twilit
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset. — synonyms: dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
- noun the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth.
- noun a condition of decline following successes.
Examples
- “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”