Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sundown

/ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: sun-down
IPA: /ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.

Countable

verb

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

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"We’ll meet by the pier at sundown."
"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, […]"
""She also “sundowned”, and someone had to keep an eye on her 24-7.""

Etymology

From sun + down.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sundowns (plural) sundowns (present, singular) sundowning (participle, present) sundowned (participle, past) sundowned (past)

Derived Forms

sundowner sundowning

Phrases

sundown syndrome sundown town

Synonyms

dusk mirkning nightfall sunset

Rhymes With

rundown

Questions

How do you pronounce sundown?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌnˌdaʊn/.
What does sundown mean?: Sunset.
Where does sundown come from?: From sun + down.

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