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Twilight; dusk.

[Middle English gloming, from Old English glōmung, alteration (probably influenced by æfnung, evening) of glōm, dusk; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]


(ˈɡləʊmɪŋ) or


poetic twilight or dusk
[Old English glōmung, from glōm; related to Old Norse glāmr moon]


(ˈgloʊ mɪŋ)

twilight; dusk.
[before 1000; Middle English gloming, Old English glōmung, derivative of glōm twilight]
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.gloaming - the time of day immediately following sunsetgloaming - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
even, evening, eventide, eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"
time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"


The period between afternoon and nighttime:
Archaic: even, vesper.


[ˈgləʊmɪŋ] N (liter) → crepúsculo m
in the gloamingal anochecer


n (liter)Dämmer- or Zwielicht nt (geh)
References in classic literature ?
All this Alleyne listened to, until the dark keep of Twynham towered above them in the gloaming, and they saw the red sun lying athwart the rippling Avon.
All the same, when she heard him in the gloaming whistle from beyond the orchard a couple of bars of a weird and mournful tune, she would drop whatever she had in her hand--she would leave Mrs.
Other great Irish artists for us include; Ye Vagabonds, Talos, Shunya, Oddsocks, Orchid Collective, Wyvern Lingo, aside from the more famous obvious bands like the Gloaming.
Longtime partner Dennis Cahill, who plays acoustic guitar and also performs with Hayes in The Gloaming, was born in Chicago but has Irish roots.