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nightlike

nightlike adjective: resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.

Adjective

nightlike (comparative more nightlike, superlative most nightlike)

  1. Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.

Forms of nightlike

comparativemore nightlike
superlativemost nightlike

Origin of nightlike

From night + -like.

Questions about nightlike

What does nightlike mean?
Nightlike means resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
What part of speech is nightlike?
Nightlike is an adjective.

Words near nightlike in the dictionary

  1. nightlifes
  2. nightlight
  3. nightlighters
  4. nightlighting
  5. nightlights
  6. nightlike
  7. nightline
  8. nightlines
  9. nightlives
  10. nightlong
  11. nightly

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