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[ ev-uh-nes-uhns ] / ˌɛv əˈnɛs əns / SEE SYNONYMS FOR evanescence ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe quality of being fleeting or vanishing quickly; impermanence: the evanescence of dreams. the act or fact of vanishing quickly: The target audience is left only with the dominant message after the evanescence of the advertisement. Origin of evanescenceevanesc(ent) + -ence WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH evanescenceevanescence , evaporation, liquefaction, melting, thawing, transpiration, vaporizationWords nearby evanescenceevaluate, evaluation, evaluative, Evan, evanesce, evanescence, evanescent, Evang., evangel, evangeliary, evangelical Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for evanescenceOur motto was “Evanescence has two hit songs, and we do both of them.” Randi Zuckerberg: How I Learned to Balance Business and Creativity|Randi Zuckerberg|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST I wail to a familiar tune, of course, in this lament for the evanescence of human grandeur and the perishable renown of kings. There is the charm of Evanescence, that which lends to supreme beauty and grace an aureole of Pathos. The Raven|Edgar Allan Poe The very beauty of such appearances is in part their evanescence. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey
A fervid perception of the evanescence and sorrows of life is the root of Carlyle's pathos, which is unsurpassed in literature. Thomas Carlyle|Hector Carsewell Macpherson What an object lesson is here presented, attesting the evanescence of all mundane power and glory. The Pearl of India|Maturin M. Ballou
Words related to evanescencevanishing, disappearance, evaporation |