twilit

Thân thiện

The boat glides across the twilit river.

Definition

Adjective: * Lighted by or as if by twilight: Describing a scene, atmosphere, or time that is dimly illuminated by the soft, fading light of dusk or dawn. It often implies a quiet, mysterious, or romantic quality.

Usage

The adjective "twilit" is used to describe a noun, creating a vivid image of the specific lighting condition of twilight. It is a literary and descriptive word. * It typically precedes the noun it modifies (e.g., a twilit garden). * It can be used predicatively (e.g., The world was twilit).

Examples

• We took a peaceful walk along the twilit beach.
• The twilit sky was a canvas of purple and orange.
• The room grew quiet and twilit as the sun set.
• He captured the beauty of the twilit forest in his painting.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: "Twilit" can be used metaphorically to describe a state that is unclear, intermediate, or fading, similar to the half-light of twilight.
  • She lived in the twilit world of memory, between the past and the present.

Variants and Related Words

• Twilight (n): The soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, especially in the evening; the period of time characterized by this light. It can also mean a period of decline or ambiguity.
• Dusky (adj): Dim, shadowy, or darkish, especially at twilight.
• Gloaming (n, literary): Twilight, especially in the evening.

Synonyms

• Dusky
• Dim
• Shadowy
• Crepuscular (technical, relating to or resembling twilight)

Antonyms

• Sunlit
• Bright
• Radiant
• Daylight

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lighted by or as if by twilight
   • 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dusky
• twilight