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gloom
[gloom]
noun
total or partial darkness; dimness.
Antonyms: brightnessa state of melancholy or depression; low spirits.
Antonyms: cheerfula despondent or depressed look or expression.
verb (used without object)
to appear or become dark, dim, or somber.
to look sad, dismal, or dejected; frown.
verb (used with object)
to fill with gloom; make gloomy or sad; sadden.
to make dark or somber.
gloom
/ ɡluːm /
noun
partial or total darkness
a state of depression or melancholy
an appearance or expression of despondency or melancholy
poetic, a dim or dark place
verb
(intr) to look sullen or depressed
to make or become dark or gloomy
Other Word Forms
- gloomful adjective
- gloomfully adverb
- gloomless adjective
- outgloom verb (used with object)
- undergloom noun
- ungloom verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gloom1
Example Sentences
There is always plenty of doom and gloom to go around in the financial media.
One could say the painting had gravitas, but not gloom.
It was as if all the pluck and hope and optimism in the world had just gurgled down the bathtub drain, and there was nothing left anywhere but gloom.
Oddly, the brief scare of the snuffed-out candles and howling wind seemed to break the spell of gloom cast by the Widow Ashton’s gruesome tales.
They crept into his home en masse, climbing through the air-conditioning units, clinging to the window curtains, marching down the wall, trotting across the vaulted ceiling, lurking in the gloom of the basement.
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