sundown
English
Etymology
sun + down
Noun
sundown (countable and uncountable, plural sundowns)
- (US) Sunset.
- We'll meet by the pier at sundown.
- (countable) A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.
Translations
sunset — see sunset
See also
- dusk
Verb
sundown (third-person singular simple present sundowns, present participle sundowning, simple past and past participle sundowned)
- (intransitive) to experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at nightfall.
- 2009, Kay Cameron, Tim Rhodus, Life With God 101
- "She also “sundowned”, and someone had to keep an eye on her 24-7."
- 2009, Kay Cameron, Tim Rhodus, Life With God 101
Derived terms
- sundowner
- sundowning