noun
the time of day immediately following sunset
Synonyms
Examples
- he loved the twilight
- they finished before the fall of night
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
- in the twilight of the empire
adjective
lighted by or as if by twilight
Synonyms
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