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Word entry · 8 letters

gaslight

Best crossword clue

"Sow doubt"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæslaɪt/Part of speech nounSorted agghilstStarts with GEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To make someone doubt their own perception or memory.

Word origin

From gas (“flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel”) + light.

Used in a sentence

  • He was renovated and refreshed, his soul was strengthened, and his countenance waxed cheerful, and he began to feel like himself again, under the brown canopy of metropolitan smoke, and among the cabs and gaslights.
  • A year since I strained my eyes very severely, and have never dared to use them much since by gaslight.
  • Then as the darkness descended, they began to shine with the mellow radiance of gaslight.

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