What is another word for nighted?

Pronunciation: [nˈa͡ɪtɪd] (IPA)

The word "nighted" is an archaic term that refers to something that happens or occurs during the night. There are several synonyms for this word that are more commonly used today. One such synonym is "nocturnal," which refers to something that is active or occurs at night. Another synonym is "nighttime," which simply refers to the time period between sunset and sunrise. Other synonyms for "nighted" include "dark," "black," "unilluminated," and "obscure." These words are often used to describe things that are difficult to see or navigate in the dark, such as roads or wooded areas.

Synonyms for Nighted:

  • n.

    nighted
    • unpunctual
    • .
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What are the hypernyms for Nighted?

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

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Usage examples for Nighted

Their arrival there befel at the last of the day; so they nighted in their ship, and when the morn was near to dawn, the young king landed, that he might go to the Hammam, and walked marketwards.
"Supplemental Nights, Volume 1"
Richard F. Burton
Of Keats's higher or more restrained excellences, such as appear in the finest passages of St. Agnes' Eve, and Hyperion, in the Ode to a Grecian Urn, and such minor pieces as In a Drear-nighted December, Browne had nothing.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury
And so they came into a deep forest, and by fortune they were nighted, and rode long in a deep way, and at the last they came unto a courtelage, and there they asked harbour.
"Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table"
Thomas Malory

Famous quotes with Nighted

  • In drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity.
    John Keats
  • The ocean ate the last of the land and poured into the smoking gulf, thereby giving up all it had ever conquered. From the new-flooded lands it flowed again, uncovering death and decay; and from its ancient and immemorial bed it trickled loathsomely, uncovering nighted secrets of the years when Time was young and the gods unborn. Above the waves rose weedy remembered spires. The moon laid pale lilies of light on dead London, and Paris stood up from its damp grave to be sanctified with star-dust. Then rose spires and monoliths that were weedy but not remembered; terrible spires and monoliths of lands that men never knew were lands...
    H. P. Lovecraft

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