What is another word for starlit?

Pronunciation: [stˈɑːlɪt] (IPA)

Starlit refers to a clear sky full of stars, making for a stunning nighttime view. Other words that could be used as synonyms for starlit would include words such as "starry", "twinkling", "astral", or "celestial". All of these terms evoke the image of a beautifully sparkling sky, and help to transport the reader's imagination to a peaceful and serene setting. Other possible synonyms for starlit could include phrases such as "under the stars" or "beneath the night sky", as these too allude to the same idea of a clear, serene and beautiful starry sky.

What are the hypernyms for Starlit?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for starlit?

The antonyms for "starlit" are words that describe a lack of stars or a lack of visibility due to cloud cover or artificial light. Words such as dark, gloomy, overcast, murky, shadowy, and dimly lit describe opposite conditions of starlit. The absence of stars in the sky can be due to weather conditions or pollution that blocks the view of the celestial bodies. Conversely, starlit can also describe a night sky that is full of stars and provides a beautiful view of the cosmos. Antonyms for starlit represent the opposite of this picturesque and magical phenomenon, which is often romanticized in literature and poetry.

What are the antonyms for Starlit?

Usage examples for Starlit

They carried lights, and as they flew in the starlit sky they themselves looked like shooting stars until they dropped low, when their planes were diaphanous as butterfly's wings in sunlight.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
Landolin did not drink it, but he poured some on his hands, and washed them with it; then turned again and started out into the starlit night.
"Landolin"
Berthold Auerbach
We prefer to think of a Napoleon planning great conquests in the serene stillness of night among a sleeping camp and beneath a starlit sky, or of a Wordsworth writing his poetry in his cottage home among the mountains.
"The New Tenant"
E. Phillips Oppenheim

Famous quotes with Starlit

  • Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?
    Jeb Bush
  • There, by the starlit fences, The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.
    A. E. Housman
  • He said, 'The royal robe I wear Trails all along the fields of light: Its silent blue and silver bear For gems the starry dust of night.' 'The breath of joy unceasingly Waves to and fro its folds starlit, And far beyond earth's misery I live and breathe the joy of it.'
    George William Russell
  • Men, be vigilant! Those are killers. They don't care about introspection, still-lifes, structuralism, colours and sounds: They kill. They don't care about Chuang-tzu, Kafka, the unconscious and the subconscious, Breton and surrealism, Hamlet and "to be or not to be," they just don't care; They kill. They sweep on us as the twitter of birds greets the coming of dawn Or during starlit and love-laden nights Or when the sky is at its bluest When gardens are fragrant with the scent of flowers And the fruit sweet like human lips.
    Chế Lan Viên

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