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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sundown¹

First recorded in 1610–20; sun + down ¹

Example Sentences

But unlike most heritage tours, this one happens after sundown.

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He was anxious to leave — and warned visiting journalists to beat it out of town by sundown.

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That is, until the gin gimlets started to flow at sundown.

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“Wolf Man” is a boring body-horror endurance test that mostly takes place in one home from sundown to sunrise.

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

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Related Words

• dusk