afterlight

[af-ter-lahyt, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌlaɪt, ˈɑf- /

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NOUN

revision

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alteration amendment improvement modification reconsideration reexamination review

STRONG

correction editing emendation homework polish rectification redaction redraft rescript retrospect retrospection revisal revise updating

WEAK

overhauling recension rectifying reediting restyling

Antonyms

STRONGEST

worsening

NOUN

twilight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dusk sunset

STRONG

afterglow decline dimness ebb end evening eventide gloaming half-light night nightfall sundown

WEAK

crepuscular light early evening last phase late afternoon

Antonyms

WEAK

dawn daybreak sunrise

Example Sentences

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afterlight

Alppain had set, but the whole northern sky was plunged into the minor key by its afterlight.

From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay

It was a very calm evening with a dim, golden afterlight irradiating the glen.

From Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

A mellow afterlight was shining over sea and shore.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Beyond the bar the sea, calm and austere, dreamed in the afterlight.

From Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The gulf beyond was still silvery blue in the afterlight.

From Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery