Antonyms for moonlit


Grammar : Adj
Spell : moon-lit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmunˌlɪt


Definition of moonlit

Origin :
  • 1830 (first attested in Tennyson), from moon (n.) + lit.
  • As in bright : adj shining, glowing in appearance
  • As in irradiant : adj bright
  • As in lucent : adj bright
Example sentences :
  • Upon looking around the moonlit room I found that I was alone.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • "I think that I can see them yet," said Ford, peering down the moonlit road.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • So that is why you have been lying so quiet under the trees these moonlit nights!
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • Yet she did not go to the window to look into the moonlit night.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • He passed out of the forest and into the moonlit open where were no shadows nor darknesses.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Through the trees the mouth of the alley could be seen, opening out on a moonlit glade.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • I followed, not into the moonlit night, but through a cavernous opening into darkness.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • And then, in the evening, were moonlit walks with Mrs. Felix Lorraine!
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • I watched his figure cross the moonlit path and enter the kitchen.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • He saw him stride away along the drive and down the moonlit road.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Synonyms for moonlit

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