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afterlight

[af-ter-lahyt, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌlaɪt, ˈɑf- /
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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It was a very calm evening with a dim, golden afterlight irradiating the glen.

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

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

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

But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.

From The Golden Road by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Meadows of sunset afterlight were behind the westerning hills.

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

A mellow afterlight was shining over sea and shore.

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

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.