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silver lining

silver lining noun: a favorable aspect or prospect of a mostly unfavorable event or situation.

Noun

silver lining (plural silver linings)

  1. (figuratively) A favorable aspect or prospect of a mostly unfavorable event or situation.
    • Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night? / I did not err: there does a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night, / And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.1634, John Milton, Comus
    • The only silver lining for businesses and local residents was that there was at least an end in sight, and that the new station, once built, would enhance the area and provide improved east-west access for pedestrians.2025 February 19, Chris Howe, “Euston: a work in progress”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 45

silver lining meaning in Tamil and Thai

silver lining in Tamil

கெட்டதிலும் ஒரு நல்லது

silver lining in Thai

a good aspect of a mostly bad event
ฟ้าหลังฝน fáa lăng fŏn

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Forms of silver lining

pluralsilver linings

Origin of silver lining

Originating in John Milton's poem Comus; see the quotation from 1634. The proverb every cloud has a silver lining is an allusion to the relevant passage.

Questions about silver lining

What does silver lining mean?
Silver lining means a favorable aspect or prospect of a mostly unfavorable event or situation.
What is silver lining in Tamil?
Silver lining in Tamil is கெட்டதிலும் ஒரு நல்லது. See Silver lining meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is silver lining?
Silver lining is a noun.
What is the plural of silver lining?
The plural of silver lining is silver linings.

Words near silver lining in the dictionary

  1. silver knights
  2. silver lace
  3. silver lace vine
  4. Silver Lake
  5. Silver Lakes
  6. silver lining
  7. silver linings
  8. silver mail
  9. silver maple
  10. silver maples
  11. silver medal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: silver lining (page history and authors); silver lining (Tamil 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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