dusks
Days fade out
Dusks is the plural of dusk, the period of fading light after sunset.
Multiple dusks appear mainly in poetic or literary contexts: How many dusks had she watched from that window?
As a verb, dusks means grows dark or dim: The sky dusks earlier each evening as autumn deepens.
Day's end phenomena
- eveningsLate daylight hours
- gloamingsPeriods of twilight
- nightfallsOnsets of darkness
- dimmingDecreasing in brightness
fading · darkening · shadows · afterglow · golden hour · crepuscular · half-light · alpenglow
Returning to one's origin
- vespersEvening devotional service
- evening prayersDevotions at day's end
- firefliesBioluminescent nocturnal beetles
- cricketsJumping insects that chirp
bats · roosting · commuting · dinnertime · closing time · nocturnal · awakening · shutters
Subdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- endingsConcluding portions
- transitionsMovements between states
liminal · bittersweet · contemplation · solitude · quiet · stillness · reverie · reflection
sunsets
Day's end phenomena
- eveningsLate daylight hours
- gloamingsPeriods of twilight
- nightfallsOnsets of darkness
dimming · fading · darkening · shadows · afterglow · golden hour · crepuscular · half-light · alpenglow · haze
homecoming
Returning to one's origin
- vespersEvening devotional service
- evening prayersDevotions at day's end
- firefliesBioluminescent nocturnal beetles
crickets · bats · roosting · commuting · dinnertime · closing time · nocturnal · awakening · shutters · porch lights
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- endingsConcluding portions
transitions · liminal · bittersweet · contemplation · solitude · quiet · stillness · reverie · reflection · longing
- from dawn to duskDuring all daylight hours
- dusk to dawnSunset to sunrise span
- dawn to duskFull span of daylight
- gathering dusk
- dusk lightIllumination at sundown