midwinter

Converse of object

survive: Instead, I could nibble a nasturtium - which, this far south, can survive midwinter in the wild.

Adjective modifier

• bleak: Feeling included and bonded to your group is crucial in the bleak midwinter.
• deep: Was this the sound of carol singers, out earning a sov in the deep midwinter?

Modifies a noun

• rising: Views between four of the stones mark the full swing of the midwinter risings.
• solstice: The midwinter solstice sunset at Stonehenge in 1976 Taken standing at the heel stone.
• sunrise: There's a movie of a midwinter sunrise on the videos webpage.
• sunset: The midwinter solstice sunset at Stonehenge in 1976 Taken standing at the heel stone.
• celebration: Midwinter celebrations were punctuated by battery charging expeditions to keep " Elton's " pumps running.
• festival: Father Christmas was originally part of an old English midwinter festival, normally dressed in green, a sign of the returning spring.

Noun used with modifier

pagan: Some, such as the Yule log and the Christmas tree, are relics of the old pagan midwinter festival.