Antonyms for sunshine

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suhn-shahyn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌnˌʃaɪn

Definition of sunshine

Origin : mid-13c., from sun (n.) + shine (n.). Sunshine law in reference to U.S. open meeting legislation is recorded from 1972, from the notion of shining the light of public access on deliberations formerly held behind closed doors.

As in light : noun luminescence from sun or other source
As in LSD : noun lysergic acid diethylamide
As in day : noun light part of every 24 hours
As in daylight : noun light part of 24 hours

Example sentences :

There is a green meadow in the midst, on which rests a broad belt of sunshine.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Land of the sunshine, the deep blue sky, and snow-topped hills!
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Fortunately, there was just then a flood of evening sunshine in the air.
Extract from : « A Select Party (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Austin, with a smile on his lips, wandered out into the sunshine in search of Viviette.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

It was a glorious day, and she was like a live shadow in the sunshine.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Here and there a yellow clump of forsythia is like a spot of sunshine.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

How many of you ever think to thank God for sunshine or for reason?
Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson

An instant she stood motionless, the sunshine of her eyes still on me.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

So the winter slipped away, and the spring with its sunshine followed.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

Just a tiny little ray of sunshine had dispelled all the gloom for a minute.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Synonyms for sunshine

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