Synonyms for eventide


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ee-vuh n-tahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi vənˌtaɪd


Définition of eventide

Origin :
  • Old English æfentid; see even (n.) + tide.
  • noun evening
Example sentences :
  • Let us walk up, at eventide, to the top of the hill behind the town.
  • Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke
  • An old woodcutter on a fallen tree at eventide—that was all his theme.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • And the songs which at eventide they used to hear, in their native tongue, where are they?
  • Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo
  • Hence, like the patriarch, I went out to meditate at the eventide.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 » by Various
  • They played and won at noon: they played and won at eventide.
  • Extract from : « The Christmas Books » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • And she'd give it a look at eventide, And say, "Now beat on the other side."
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • And mustering come his chosen troops, like clouds at eventide.
  • Extract from : « Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry » by Thomas Davis
  • On the surface of the lake at eventide, there lay how sweet a sadness!
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845 » by Various
  • The golden light of eventide illumined the city as with an aureole.
  • Extract from : « On the Mexican Highlands » by William Seymour Edwards
  • Morning, noon, eventide or midnight will answer for the closet laborer.
  • Extract from : « Elijah the Tishbite » by C. (Charles) H. (Henry) Mackintosh

Antonyms for eventide

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