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    gloaming
    /ˈɡləʊmɪŋ/

    noun

    • 1. twilight; dusk: literary "hundreds of lights are already shimmering in the gloaming"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGLOAMING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    GLOAMING definition: 1. the time of day when it is becoming dark but is not yet fully dark: 2. the part of the day…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › gloamingGloaming Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. gloam· ing ˈglō-miŋ. Synonyms of gloaming. : twilight, dusk. Did you know? If The Gloaming were a Stephen King thriller, the climax would undoubtedly take place at the crepuscular hour. But despite its ties to darkness, the origins of gloaming are less than shadowy.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › gloamingGLOAMING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Gloaming definition: twilight; dusk. . See examples of GLOAMING used in a sentence.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › gloamingGloaming - definition of gloaming by The Free Dictionary

    gloam·ing. (glō′mĭng) n. Twilight; dusk. [Middle English gloming, from Old English glōmung, alteration (probably influenced by æfnung, evening) of glōm, dusk; see ghel- in Indo-European roots .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › gloamingGloaming - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A poetic word for "twilight," or the time of day immediately after the sun sets, is gloaming. The best thing about summer evenings is looking for twinkling fireflies in the gloaming. That romantic time of day when the light has mostly faded but it's not quite dark yet? You can call that the gloaming.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGLOAMING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    gloaming in British English. (ˈɡləʊmɪŋ ) or gloam (ɡləʊm ) noun. poetic. twilight or dusk. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. Old English glōmung, from glōm; related to Old Norse glāmr moon.

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › gloamingGloaming Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    noun. Evening dusk; twilight. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: crepuscle. crepuscule. fall. evenfall. nightfall. gloam. dusk. twilight. evening. eventide. vesper. even. Other Word Forms of Gloaming. Noun. Singular: gloaming. Plural: gloamings. Origin of Gloaming.

  9. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › gloamGloam Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Dec 12, 2020 · noun. ˈglōm. archaic. : twilight. Examples of gloam in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Men will swarm the carcass, and begin tearing it apart in Lerwick’s midsummer gloam. The Economist, 12 Dec. 2020. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'gloam.'

  10. www.dictionary.com › browse › gloamGLOAM Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Gloam definition: twilight; gloaming.. See examples of GLOAM used in a sentence.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › gloaming_ngloaming, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    gloaming typically occurs about 0.07 times per million words in modern written English. gloaming is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands