afterglow

== English == === Alternative forms === after-glow === Etymology === From after- +‎ glow. === Pronunciation === === Noun === afterglow (countable and uncountable, plural afterglows) The glow seen in the sky after sunset. Synonym: afterlight The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling. 1984, Paul Auster (as Paul Benjamin), Squeeze Play, London: Faber & Faber, 1991, Chapter 19, p. 176,[4] Nothing will matter to you more than that [base]ball. It will hold you so completely that when you at last file out and return to the normal world, it will stay with you like the afterglow of a flashbulb that’s gone off in your eyes. The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation. The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high. An afterparty. ==== Synonyms ==== (party): afterparty ==== Antonyms ==== foreglow (antonym(s) of “post-drug euphoria”): hangover (antonym(s) of “post-sex euphoria”): postcoital tristesse ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== aftereffect alpenglow ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== postcoital