nightfalls
When darkness descends
Nightfalls is the plural of nightfall, the time when darkness arrives at the end of day.
The plural appears in literary or poetic contexts referring to multiple instances: Over countless nightfalls, the ritual repeated itself.
In everyday speech, nightfall rarely takes a plural—people say every nightfall rather than many nightfalls.
Total absence of light
- shadowsDark areas from blocked light
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
- obscurityState of being unknown
murk · blackness · shroud · veil · haze · mist · chill · stillness
Dimming after sundown
eventide · dimming · darkening · sunset · crepuscule · vesper · shadows · descending
Of or like verse
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- romanticConducive to love
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
ominous · foreboding · symbolic · imagery · verse · prose · narrative · elegiac
Happening repeatedly over time
- dailyPer diem, repeated
- successiveFollowing without interruption
- repeatedDone or said again
- rhythmicHaving regular tempo
seasonal · pattern · routine · inevitable · perpetual · endless · continuous · regular
darkness
Total absence of light
- shadowsDark areas from blocked light
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
obscurity · murk · blackness · shroud · veil · haze · mist · chill · stillness · quiet
dusk
Dimming after sundown
gloaming · eventide · dimming · darkening · sunset · crepuscule · vesper · shadows · descending · approaching
poetic
Of or like verse
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- romanticConducive to love
brooding · ominous · foreboding · symbolic · imagery · verse · prose · narrative · elegiac · contemplative
recurring
Happening repeatedly over time
- dailyPer diem, repeated
- successiveFollowing without interruption
- repeatedDone or said again
rhythmic · seasonal · pattern · routine · inevitable · perpetual · endless · continuous · regular · predictable
nightfallsdawns
Day's earliest moments
daybreaks · sunrises · sunups · first light · break of day
nightfallsdawns
Day's earliest moments
new beginnings · awakenings · rebirths · renaissances · new dawns