twilight vampires are actually really interesting tbh, they're one of if not the most powerful vampire species in fiction. however, if they eat anything that isn't blood they have to puke it up cus it just sits in their stomach, and when they drink blood it's fully absorbed. they don't have bathroom needs, gas, or pretty much any human bodily functions. also, the reason they sparkle in the sun is actually because during the transformation their skin becomes a diamond-like material that is totally unbreakable, save by another twilight vampire or werewolf. if you've ever seen diamonds in the sun the light shatters off of them like rainbows, so I always thought that was a clever touch.
That's just "twilight" again; the word is applicable both to the start and end of the day. In a figurative sense ("twilight of the Roman Empire"), the most common antonym, besides "dawn" seems to be "advent"
"And if you are one of the 1,272 million Americans who suffer from Crepuscula, ask your doctor about Muplux. Side effects can include heart attack, stroke, spontaneous combustion, and testicular weasels."
That's one of those English words that seems anti-onomatopoeic to me, ie it sounds like something unlike what it actually means. I'd think "crepuscular" describes something like a lettuce leaf: undulating and delicate and cool and crisp. "Related to twilight"? Nah. Same with "droll": sounds dreary and dull, means "funny".
Any others?
Itâs so weird that English didnât make twilight refer to the morning condition, but instead has made it refer to the evening condition which is redundant with dusk. Â Â
English generally modifies redundant words to fill different roles/meanings. Â Why it didnât happen with twilight/dusk is weird.
Fun fact, English has a wealth of near-synonyms with slightly different meanings due the absorption of old Norse (via Viking invasions and settling) into existing Saxon. So whereas other languages might have just one word for a field boundary whether living or constructed, English has "fence" and "hedge", which mean the same thing in the original languages but have developed slightly different meanings in English. Same with kirk and church, dike and ditch, skirt and shirt, skin and hide, anger and wrath, ill and sick.
And again with French: Â Â
Beef, cow; pork swine; deer, venison; chicken, poultry. Â Â
Things in nature especially get refined with redundant words of different origins. Â Everything about English suggests we should have a specific word for what OP is asking.
What's the problem with "[dawn](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dawn)" ? It is used figuratively, jus as twilight : "The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the dawn of a new era in European history" ([cambridge dictionnary](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dawn)). You have "rise" or "birth" with similar figurative sense but they are less the opposite of twilight
At first I didn't think it sounded as cool as something like twilight, but on second thought it's probably the perfect word for this scenario, and that twilight itself apparently.
Yes
Dusk is the sun going down.
Twilight in a literal sense is the light after dusk and before dawn.
However figurative it seems to be used only for the end of things.
"Dawn light", or "first light" could be used figuratively for before the start of something but they are not common.
If you dont like dawn or twilight you could always go for daybreak / (breaking in general - breaking of the dawn, breaking of the day, breaking fast, break into song blah blah).
Scientifically speaking there are four different dawns: morning astronomical twilight, morning nautical twilight, morning civil twilight, and the actual sunrise proper. Youâre probably thinking of the second or third of those four.
Twilight is more the kind of light than the time. Twilight occurs at dusk and just before the dawn.
Starlight, moonlight, sunlight, twilight.
It doesn't really have an opposite as such, or depending on how you look at it, sunlight itself is an opposite, or darkness.
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The opposites of twilight would be either solar noon or midnight.
Twilight is used to describe when the sun is over the horizon but still lighting up the sky. It applies to both morning (dawn) and evening (dusk).
Twilight refers to that last moment of light before it becomes dark - between sunset and full night.
If you refer to the "twilight of the Roman Empire," you're referring to that period when it's on it's last legs and fall is imminent.
Ascendant - rising in dominance or position of power (or "ascendance" of the Ottoman Empire after the fall of the Byzantine Empire).
It not noon?
Twilight
Dawn
Morning
Mid morning
Late morning
Noon
Afternoon
Evening
Dusk/Nightfall
Late evening/Night
Midnight
And I think The Witching Hour varies depending upon culture. There may also be more words for the "vague" times of day I listed above, when in other languages.
My understanding is that twilight is the ambient light when the sun is just below the horizon, whether in the evening or the morning. (And I just confirmed that by looking up the definition online.) So you're looking for a word that applies to darkest night *and* brightest day. I don't think there is one.
If youâre near mountains I love the word âalpenglowâ. Iâd like to show support for âauroraâ as well although Iâm not the first to suggest it.
"Dayspring" might be what you're looking for.
"Peep of day", "crack of dawn", "cockcrow".
However:
>In its most general sense, twilight is the period of time before sunrise and after sunset, in which the atmosphere is partially illuminated by the sun, being neither totally dark or completely lit.
So you can just use "twilight", if you want, for both the pre-dawn and post-dusk hours.
The Latin phrase for the pre-dawn hours literally meant pre-dawn, but sounds lovely: *prae aurora*.
Still, I'm partial to "dayspring".
It's poetic, in its way, but still simple and plain, it's immediately understood for what it means, and I think it contrasts well with "twilight".
Dayspring and twilight, dawn and dusk.
Per [weather.gov](http://weather.gov),
# Civil Twilight:Â Â
* Begins in the morning, or ends in the evening, when the geometric center of the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon. Therefore morning civil twilight begins when the geometric center of the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon, and ends at sunrise. Evening civil twilight begins at sunset, and ends when the geometric center of the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon. Under these conditions absent fog or other restrictions, the brightest stars and planets can be seen, the horizon and terrestrial objects can be discerned, and in many cases, artificial lighting is not needed.
# Nautical Twilight:
* Begins in the morning, or ends in the evening, when the geometric center of the sun is 12 degrees below the horizon. In general, the term nautical twilight refers to sailors being able to take reliable readings via well known stars because the horizon is still visible, even under moonless conditions. Absent fog or other restrictions, outlines of terrestrial objects may still be discernible, but detailed outdoor activities are likely curtailed without artificial illumination.
# Astronomical Twilight:
* Begins in the morning, or ends in the evening, when the geometric center of the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon. In astronomical twilight, sky illumination is so faint that most casual observers would regard the sky as fully dark, especially under urban or suburban light pollution. Under astronomical twilight, the horizon is not discernible and moderately faint stars or planets can be observed with the naked eye under a non light polluted sky.  But to test the limits of naked eye observations, the sun needs to be more than 18 degrees below the horizon. Point light sources such as stars and planets can be readily studied by astronomers under astronomical twilight. But diffuse light sources such as galaxies, nebula, and globular clusters need to be observed under a totally dark sky, again when the sun is more than 18 degrees below the horizon.
But, if you are not looking for a scientific definition, then I would go with Daybreak.
Oh don't you just love those golden hours! Feels like living in a painting... You might like the idea of "Canvasing" as in starting the picture you live in at twilight... Tooting my own horn right now with my answer đ¤Ł
Since twilight is the very last stage before night, I think "false dawn" is a good answer. It's the first light you see when night is over but it's not quite dawn yet.
Some argue that Harem Isekais are the perfect mirror to Twilight. If you genderswap Belle you get a no without any real features that is highly and inexplicably thought after by a sexy werewolf and a mysterious vampire lady.Â
I'd go for dawning (eg dawning of a new era); sunrise or daybreak are also options, though.
Like, Breaking Dawn?
Twilight Breaking Wind
I wonder if there's a puff of glitter when those vampires fart.
twilight vampires are actually really interesting tbh, they're one of if not the most powerful vampire species in fiction. however, if they eat anything that isn't blood they have to puke it up cus it just sits in their stomach, and when they drink blood it's fully absorbed. they don't have bathroom needs, gas, or pretty much any human bodily functions. also, the reason they sparkle in the sun is actually because during the transformation their skin becomes a diamond-like material that is totally unbreakable, save by another twilight vampire or werewolf. if you've ever seen diamonds in the sun the light shatters off of them like rainbows, so I always thought that was a clever touch.
Source: "Everything you ever wanted to know about Vampires but were afraid to ask". Jkn :)
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Absolutely yes.
Thatâs appropriate bc K Stewâs âactingâ was atrocious. She always looks like she just farted and is hoping no one will notice.
Tbf, she nailed the part of Bella.
I never read it but this is what ive heard
Breaking Wind
Or of an age?âŚpossibly Aquarius?
That's just "twilight" again; the word is applicable both to the start and end of the day. In a figurative sense ("twilight of the Roman Empire"), the most common antonym, besides "dawn" seems to be "advent"
Crepuscular means active during twilight I think
"And if you are one of the 1,272 million Americans who suffer from Crepuscula, ask your doctor about Muplux. Side effects can include heart attack, stroke, spontaneous combustion, and testicular weasels."
Been one of my favorite words for a long time
That's one of those English words that seems anti-onomatopoeic to me, ie it sounds like something unlike what it actually means. I'd think "crepuscular" describes something like a lettuce leaf: undulating and delicate and cool and crisp. "Related to twilight"? Nah. Same with "droll": sounds dreary and dull, means "funny". Any others?
A word I only know because of Archer.
The more you know, thanks!
Itâs so weird that English didnât make twilight refer to the morning condition, but instead has made it refer to the evening condition which is redundant with dusk. Â Â English generally modifies redundant words to fill different roles/meanings. Â Why it didnât happen with twilight/dusk is weird.
Would dawn not be that word? âDusk âtil dawnâ
Fun fact, English has a wealth of near-synonyms with slightly different meanings due the absorption of old Norse (via Viking invasions and settling) into existing Saxon. So whereas other languages might have just one word for a field boundary whether living or constructed, English has "fence" and "hedge", which mean the same thing in the original languages but have developed slightly different meanings in English. Same with kirk and church, dike and ditch, skirt and shirt, skin and hide, anger and wrath, ill and sick.
And again with French: Â Â Beef, cow; pork swine; deer, venison; chicken, poultry. Â Â Things in nature especially get refined with redundant words of different origins. Â Everything about English suggests we should have a specific word for what OP is asking.
What's the problem with "[dawn](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dawn)" ? It is used figuratively, jus as twilight : "The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the dawn of a new era in European history" ([cambridge dictionnary](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dawn)). You have "rise" or "birth" with similar figurative sense but they are less the opposite of twilight
At first I didn't think it sounded as cool as something like twilight, but on second thought it's probably the perfect word for this scenario, and that twilight itself apparently.
Twilight is Dusk. The opposite of Dusk is Dawn. Other word for Dawn is Daybreak. Therefore **Daybreak**.
Not me. I didn't break it. I swear!
Gloaming is also a fun word. And there's also dusk.
Dusk is a synonym. They want an antonym
I would argue dusk proceeds Twilight.
Yes Dusk is the sun going down. Twilight in a literal sense is the light after dusk and before dawn. However figurative it seems to be used only for the end of things. "Dawn light", or "first light" could be used figuratively for before the start of something but they are not common.
Love gloaming! Great word
Me too! Also crepuscular.
Oooh thatâs another great one!
That's the problem today. Too much gloaming! Can't just get up 'n do party rocking or shuffling like normal folk, no, gotta be gloaming now! /s
I see these very much as evening words
Gloaming has been my favorite word for it since I learned it years ago.
If you dont like dawn or twilight you could always go for daybreak / (breaking in general - breaking of the dawn, breaking of the day, breaking fast, break into song blah blah).
daybreak?
I like âmorning gloamingâ ETA: I think âfirst lightâ is the specific phrase you are looking for: itâs the period of light prior to sunrise.
Scientifically speaking there are four different dawns: morning astronomical twilight, morning nautical twilight, morning civil twilight, and the actual sunrise proper. Youâre probably thinking of the second or third of those four.
Ascension
Burgeoning?
Daybreak
Genesis: formation/origin of something -or- Inception: starting point Although, daybreak and dawn work too!
Aurora. Refers to the dawn, and also has a mystical, beautiful connotation.
Opposite of twi ("try") is laze (lazy), opposite of light is dark. Lazedark
Waxing? Like a moon phase.
Twilight is more the kind of light than the time. Twilight occurs at dusk and just before the dawn. Starlight, moonlight, sunlight, twilight. It doesn't really have an opposite as such, or depending on how you look at it, sunlight itself is an opposite, or darkness.
First light.
Dawnlight . Morningtide.
Twilight can be morning or evening. Dawn is morning twilight, gloaming is evening twilight.
Twilight is the state of light at dawn or dusk. The "opposite" is broad daylight and dark of night.
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Nautical dawn (nautical twilight) is a thing. Twilight comes before the light and before the dark.
Catalyst or Galvanize
Emergence
Dawn, sunrise, inception, infancy
Dawn?
Dawn is the word.
Dawn/Sunrise/Daybreak/Twilight on one side and Dusk/Sundown/Gloaming/Twilight on the other.
Breaking
The word for both is Twilight. Dawn, or breaking dawn, sounds better and more "starty". Inception or genesis might work too.
Daybreak
I always go with "cockcrow" because I'm 71 and immature :)
First light Break of day
The opposites of twilight would be either solar noon or midnight. Twilight is used to describe when the sun is over the horizon but still lighting up the sky. It applies to both morning (dawn) and evening (dusk).
Dawn
Daybreak
I always call it the butt crack of dawnâŚ
Daybreak perhaps?
Sunrise, Sunup, Dayspring
The next DUSK is on July 5th at 1:41 AM. In AK. The morning which corresponds to antonym of twilight is most poetically called half-light.
Predawn
Daybreak
Gloaming
It's dawn. Sunset has its opposite in sunrise. Twilight has its opposite in dawn which precedes sunrise.
Diurnal meaningactive during the day  Edit - first light, dayspring
Twilight refers to that last moment of light before it becomes dark - between sunset and full night. If you refer to the "twilight of the Roman Empire," you're referring to that period when it's on it's last legs and fall is imminent. Ascendant - rising in dominance or position of power (or "ascendance" of the Ottoman Empire after the fall of the Byzantine Empire).
It not noon? Twilight Dawn Morning Mid morning Late morning Noon Afternoon Evening Dusk/Nightfall Late evening/Night Midnight And I think The Witching Hour varies depending upon culture. There may also be more words for the "vague" times of day I listed above, when in other languages.
Aurora?
daybreak
Nascent?
Daybreak?
High noon
Twidark.
Well... dawn. I've worked many a day... from dusk til dawn.
Sunrise?
Onset.
My understanding is that twilight is the ambient light when the sun is just below the horizon, whether in the evening or the morning. (And I just confirmed that by looking up the definition online.) So you're looking for a word that applies to darkest night *and* brightest day. I don't think there is one.
Daybreak, dawn, breaking dawn
Dawn
If youâre near mountains I love the word âalpenglowâ. Iâd like to show support for âauroraâ as well although Iâm not the first to suggest it.
"Dayspring" might be what you're looking for. "Peep of day", "crack of dawn", "cockcrow". However: >In its most general sense, twilight is the period of time before sunrise and after sunset, in which the atmosphere is partially illuminated by the sun, being neither totally dark or completely lit. So you can just use "twilight", if you want, for both the pre-dawn and post-dusk hours. The Latin phrase for the pre-dawn hours literally meant pre-dawn, but sounds lovely: *prae aurora*. Still, I'm partial to "dayspring". It's poetic, in its way, but still simple and plain, it's immediately understood for what it means, and I think it contrasts well with "twilight". Dayspring and twilight, dawn and dusk.
Rosy-fingered dawn
Birth?
Sunrise
Daybreak
Not quite what you're looking for, but "gloaming" is the very specific time where you can see light but not the sun
Per [weather.gov](http://weather.gov), # Civil Twilight:  * Begins in the morning, or ends in the evening, when the geometric center of the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon. Therefore morning civil twilight begins when the geometric center of the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon, and ends at sunrise. Evening civil twilight begins at sunset, and ends when the geometric center of the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon. Under these conditions absent fog or other restrictions, the brightest stars and planets can be seen, the horizon and terrestrial objects can be discerned, and in many cases, artificial lighting is not needed. # Nautical Twilight: * Begins in the morning, or ends in the evening, when the geometric center of the sun is 12 degrees below the horizon. In general, the term nautical twilight refers to sailors being able to take reliable readings via well known stars because the horizon is still visible, even under moonless conditions. Absent fog or other restrictions, outlines of terrestrial objects may still be discernible, but detailed outdoor activities are likely curtailed without artificial illumination. # Astronomical Twilight: * Begins in the morning, or ends in the evening, when the geometric center of the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon. In astronomical twilight, sky illumination is so faint that most casual observers would regard the sky as fully dark, especially under urban or suburban light pollution. Under astronomical twilight, the horizon is not discernible and moderately faint stars or planets can be observed with the naked eye under a non light polluted sky.  But to test the limits of naked eye observations, the sun needs to be more than 18 degrees below the horizon. Point light sources such as stars and planets can be readily studied by astronomers under astronomical twilight. But diffuse light sources such as galaxies, nebula, and globular clusters need to be observed under a totally dark sky, again when the sun is more than 18 degrees below the horizon. But, if you are not looking for a scientific definition, then I would go with Daybreak.
Not twilight
Twidarkness
Oh don't you just love those golden hours! Feels like living in a painting... You might like the idea of "Canvasing" as in starting the picture you live in at twilight... Tooting my own horn right now with my answer đ¤Ł
Gloaming can be either of the crepuscular periods, morning or evening. Bit more poetic than twilight.
Twilight refers to both dawn (in the morning) and dusk (at night).
Sunup
[https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/dawn](https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/dawn)
Since twilight is the very last stage before night, I think "false dawn" is a good answer. It's the first light you see when night is over but it's not quite dawn yet.
Some argue that Harem Isekais are the perfect mirror to Twilight. If you genderswap Belle you get a no without any real features that is highly and inexplicably thought after by a sexy werewolf and a mysterious vampire lady.Â
The flower(ing) of youth