Antonyms for dawn
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dawn |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɔn |
Definition of dawn
Origin :- c.1200, dauen, "to dawn, grow light," shortened or back-formed from dauinge, dauing "period between darkness and sunrise," (c.1200), from Old English dagung, from dagian "to become day," from root of dæg "day" (see day). Probably influenced by a Scandinavian word (cf. Danish dagning, Old Norse dagan "a dawning;" cf. also German tagen "to dawn"). Related: Dawned; dawning.
- noun beginning of day
- noun a beginning
- verb start
- And yet, I am persuaded, a day will dawn when something will.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Light of some sort began to dawn on the perplexed faces of the gentlemen.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- When Sidney saw the outline of the stable roof, she knew that it was dawn.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The dawn was just showing over the mountains, and in Sils the cocks were crowing.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- At the dawn of the morning he made his attack sharp, unexpected, decisive.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- At dawn he would snatch a few hours' sleep, but that was all.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- There was a venta or inn near by, he said, where they could sleep, starting again at dawn.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- He is from everlasting to everlasting—such as creation's dawn beheld he fooleth now.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- I'm willing to risk my reputation as a prophet and say that the dawn will come with rain.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- The wind was freshening, as if it brought the dawn upon its edge.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
Synonyms for dawn
- advent
- alpha
- appear
- aurora
- begin
- birth
- break of day
- bright
- cockcrow
- commencement
- crack of dawn
- dawning
- day peep
- daybreak
- daylight
- develop
- early bright
- emerge
- emergence
- first blush
- first light
- foundation
- genesis
- glimmer
- head
- inception
- initiate
- light
- lighten
- loom
- morn
- morning
- onset
- open
- opening
- origin
- originate
- outset
- outstart
- rise
- show itself
- source
- start
- sunrise
- sunup
- unfold
- unfolding
- wee hours
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