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View synonyms for sundown

sundown

[ suhn-doun ]

noun

  1. sunset, especially the time of sunset.


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

/ ˈsʌnˌdaʊn /

noun

  1. another name for sunset
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sundown1

First recorded in 1610–20; sun + down 1
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Example Sentences

Wilson said she hardly thinks of it as a vacation and was working from sunrise to sundown most days.

Then we paddled back, racing to return the kayaks before sundown.

Prior to landing on Catalina at 6:20 p.m., the Beechcraft pilot was informed that he would have to depart the island before sundown at 6:31 p.m., according to the report.

Rosh Hashana, which began Wednesday at sunset and will conclude at sundown Friday, is one of the the High Holy Days in Judaism and marks the Jewish new year.

Trump has also been mining America’s white supremacist and racist past for narcissistic and political energy and momentum by holding his rallies in what are known as “sundown towns.”

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