schemering — meaning in English

English meaning

• darkness noun The absence of light.
• dusk noun The dim period between sunset and full darkness.
• twilight noun The soft, dim light in the sky just before sunrise or, more commonly, just after sunset.

Senses

schemering is used for these senses in English:

• darkness (uncountable) Gloom; gloominess; depression.
• dusk The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
• twilight The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

darkness — full definition

1. noun The absence of light.
2. noun A gloomy or hopeless mood; misery or despair.
3. noun Wickedness, secrecy, or a lack of moral or spiritual understanding.

dusk — full definition

1. noun The dim period between sunset and full darkness.
2. adj Dim or somewhat dark in colour or light.
3. verb To grow dim or dark, or to make something so.

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