sundown

American  

[suhn-doun] / ˈsʌnˌdaʊn /

noun

sundowns plural

1. sunset, especially the time of sunset.

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verb (used without object)

1. Psychiatry. (especially of dementia patients) to experience confusion or hallucinations late in the day or at night, likely as a result of strange surroundings, drug effects, decreased sensory input, or reduction of oxygen supply to the brain.

sundown British  

/ ˈsʌnˌdaʊn /

noun

1. another name for sunset

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sundowns
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sundown

First recorded in 1610–20; sun + down ¹

Example Sentences

This was the case last year with the viral band Velvet Sundown that was revealed to be fully AI.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

The issue gained prominence in June when a band called The Velvet Sundown suddenly went viral on Spotify, and only confirmed the following month that it was in fact AI-generated content.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

Earlier this year, an AI-generated band called the Velvet Sundown was able to attract millions of streams of its 1970s-inflected songs on Spotify.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 16, 2025

He used old telephone poles to support its tower — Ms. Germany, the author of “Houses of the Sundown Sea,” described the place as resembling “a Dutch windmill, a Spanish lighthouse, a Hobbit’s dwelling.”

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

She would sigh sometimes just before falling asleep, thinking that she had indeed come far enough away from the Sundown House.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

Related Words

• dusk