gloamings
Dusk's fading light
Gloamings is the plural of gloaming, the twilight period between daylight and darkness.
The word is poetic and old-fashioned, appearing mostly in literary contexts: Through countless gloamings she watched the sun sink behind the hills.
Scottish and Northern English dialects kept it alive longer than standard English.
Periods between sunset and night
- dusksPeriods after sunset
- eveningsLate daylight hours
- sundownsDaily endings of daylight
- nightfallsOnsets of darkness
sunsets · eventides · dimming · fading light · golden hours · vespers · afterglows · half-light
Thin airborne water droplets
- hazesAtmospheric murk, plural
- shadowsDark areas from blocked light
- silhouettesOutlined shapes without detail
- purplesBluish-red color range
indigos · softening · stillness · quietude · cool air · fading colors · muted tones · dimness
Subdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
solitude · reflection · romanticism · pastoral · elegiac · evocative · bittersweet · transience
Entry boundaries or limits
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
- liminalAt a threshold
- bordersLines separating regions
boundaries · crossings · endings · beginnings · shifting · metamorphosis · transformation · bridging
twilights
Periods between sunset and night
nightfalls · sunsets · eventides · dimming · fading light · golden hours · vespers · afterglows · half-light · between times
mists
Thin airborne water droplets
- hazesAtmospheric murk, plural
- shadowsDark areas from blocked light
- silhouettesOutlined shapes without detail
purples · indigos · softening · stillness · quietude · cool air · fading colors · muted tones · dimness · obscuring
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
contemplation · solitude · reflection · romanticism · pastoral · elegiac · evocative · bittersweet · transience · fleeting beauty
thresholds
Entry boundaries or limits
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
- liminalAt a threshold
borders · boundaries · crossings · endings · beginnings · shifting · metamorphosis · transformation · bridging · betwixt