Antonyms for dawn


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : dawn
Phonetic Transcription : dɔn


Definition of dawn

Origin :
  • c.1200, dauen, "to dawn, grow light," shortened or back-formed from dauinge, dauing "period between darkness and sunrise," (c.1200), from Old English dagung, from dagian "to become day," from root of dæg "day" (see day). Probably influenced by a Scandinavian word (cf. Danish dagning, Old Norse dagan "a dawning;" cf. also German tagen "to dawn"). Related: Dawned; dawning.
  • noun beginning of day
  • noun a beginning
  • verb start
Example sentences :
  • And yet, I am persuaded, a day will dawn when something will.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Light of some sort began to dawn on the perplexed faces of the gentlemen.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • When Sidney saw the outline of the stable roof, she knew that it was dawn.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The dawn was just showing over the mountains, and in Sils the cocks were crowing.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • At the dawn of the morning he made his attack sharp, unexpected, decisive.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • At dawn he would snatch a few hours' sleep, but that was all.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • There was a venta or inn near by, he said, where they could sleep, starting again at dawn.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • He is from everlasting to everlasting—such as creation's dawn beheld he fooleth now.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • I'm willing to risk my reputation as a prophet and say that the dawn will come with rain.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The wind was freshening, as if it brought the dawn upon its edge.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Synonyms for dawn

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