crepuscular
UK/kɹɪˈpʌs.kjʊ.lə//kɹɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/
crepuscular adjective: of or resembling twilight; dim.
Adjective
crepuscular (comparative more crepuscular, superlative most crepuscular)
- Of or resembling twilight; dim.
- Synonyms:
- twilightish
- Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
- That's why cats are crepuscular — most active at dawn and dusk — because mice and rats forage for food during these hours when fewer of their natural enemies are around.1999, J. Anne Helgren, Communicating with Your Cat, →ISBN, page 51
crepuscular meaning in Hindi and Bengali
crepuscular in Hindi
- of or relating to twilight
- गोधूलि godhūli, झुटपुटा jhuṭpuṭā, सांध्य प्रकाश sāndhya prakāś, द्वाभा dvābhā, धुंधलका dhundhalkā, संध्या sandhyā
- active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight
- गोधूलि godhūli, झुटपुटा jhuṭpuṭā, सांध्य प्रकाश sāndhya prakāś, द्वाभा dvābhā, धुंधलका dhundhalkā, संध्या sandhyā
crepuscular in Bengali
- সন্ধ্যা, ভোরের সময় সক্রিয়
Synonyms of crepuscular
Antonyms
Forms of crepuscular
| comparative | more crepuscular |
|---|---|
| superlative | most crepuscular |
Origin of crepuscular
Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar.
Words formed from crepuscular
Phrases with crepuscular
Words that rhyme with crepuscular
- muscular
- unmuscular
- bimuscular
- cardiomuscular
- corpuscular
- corticomuscular
- cutaneomuscular
- dermomuscular
- elastomuscular
- electromuscular
- epimuscular
- epitheliomuscular
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- extramuscular
- faciomuscular
- faradomuscular
- fibromuscular
- hepatocardiomuscular
- hypermuscular
- idiomuscular
- intermuscular
- intramuscular
- ligamentomuscular
- majuscular
- nervomuscular
- neuromuscular
- nonmuscular
- osseomuscular
- osteomuscular
- overmuscular
- paramuscular
- perimuscular
- premuscular
- promuscular
- psychoneuromuscular
- retromuscular
- seromuscular
- skeletomuscular
- submuscular
- supramuscular
- tendinomuscular
- tendomuscular
- transmuscular
- undermuscular
- unimuscular
Questions about crepuscular
- What does crepuscular mean?
- Crepuscular means of or resembling twilight; dim.
- What is crepuscular in Hindi?
- Crepuscular in Hindi is गोधूलि (godhūli), झुटपुटा (jhuṭpuṭā), सांध्य प्रकाश (sāndhya prakāś). See Crepuscular meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is crepuscular?
- Crepuscular is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce crepuscular?
- Crepuscular is pronounced /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjʊ.lə/ (UK).
Words near crepuscular in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crepuscular (page history and authors); crepuscular (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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