sundown

S1U1N1D2O1W4N1
/ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/

noun

Sunset.

“We’ll meet by the pier at sundown.”

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duskmirkningnightfallsunset
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Meanings

nounsundown (countable and uncountable, plural sundowns)

plural sundowns

  1. UScountableuncountableSunset.

    We’ll meet by the pier at sundown.

    1 more example

    Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor ⁠An inner trouble I behold, ⁠A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]

    1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 63
  2. countableA hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.
verbsundown (third-person singular simple present sundowns, present participle sundowning, simple past and past participle sundowned)

present singular third person sundowns · participle present sundowning · participle past sundowned · past sundowned

  1. intransitiveTo experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at the approach of nightfall.

    "She also “sundowned”, and someone had to keep an eye on her 24-7."

    2009, Kay Cameron, Tim Rhodus, Life With God 101

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
duskmirkningnightfall

nounthe time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

Similar
sunset
Broader
hourtime of day
Also see
dusknightnightfallsetsunset

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sun + down.

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APA

sundown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundown

MLA

“sundown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundown. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sundown,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundown.

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