English Explanatory Dictionary

sundown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sunset.
  2. A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.
verb
  1. to experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at the approach of nightfall.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sundown.wav

Word forms

sundown sundowns sundowning sundowned

Etymology

From sun + down.

Synonyms

dusk mirkning nightfall

Derived words

sundown syndrome sundown town sundowner sundowning
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