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/ˈɡləʊ.mɪŋ/ · noun
Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk..
Where in purple hue, the hieland hills we view / And the moon coming out in the gloaming.
You may imagine the young people brushed up after the labours of the day, and making this novelty, as they would make any novelty, the excuse for walking together and enjoying a trivial flirtation. You may figure to yourself the hum of voices along the road in the gloaming[…]
I clung to her nipples as she soared and swooped through the gloaming, scooping up insects, and I remember the shapes of things that she flew between, above, beneath.
Your alarm bells, your alarm / They should be ringing, they should be ringing / This is the gloaming
Use gloaming when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gloaming means Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk..
Common synonyms include crepuscule, glooming, vespers, blue hour.
Possible antonyms include daytime, daylight, nighttime, darkness.
Where in purple hue, the hieland hills we view / And the moon coming out in the gloaming.
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