Antonyms for aftermath

Grammar : Noun

Spell : af-ter-math, ahf-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæf tərˌmæθ, ˈɑf-

Definition of aftermath

Origin : 1520s, originally a second crop of grass grown after the first had been harvested, from after + -math, a dialectal word, from Old English mæð "a mowing, cutting of grass" (see math (n.2)). Figurative sense by 1650s. Cf. French regain "aftermath," from re- + Old French gain, gaain "grass which grows in meadows that have been mown," from a Germanic source, cf. Old High German weida "grass, pasture"

noun situation following an event, occurrence

Example sentences :

But in her sweet way she had given him her woman's aftermath of love.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

The aftermath, however, does not come up to the expectations of the good Medium.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

A friendship which is the aftermath of love is the shadow after the substance.
Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey

We hear about "The jack of all trades," but the aftermath of the jack of all trades is "master of none."
Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter

I need not detail the aftermath of our emergence from the atom.
Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings

With one aftermath of the Pilgrimage of Grace he had yet to deal.
Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard

And to the aftermath that follows for all who win too easily and too soon.
Extract from : « When Winter Comes to Main Street » by Grant Martin Overton

"That might be no more than the aftermath of deep shock," Cal said.
Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton

In Norfolk this is called "aftermath eddish," and "rowans" or "rawins."
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 » by Various

But these things were the aftermath of a harvest reaped by half a dozen sentences.
Extract from : « A Son of the Immortals » by Louis Tracy

Synonyms for aftermath

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