gloom
total or partial darkness; dimness.
a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits.
a despondent or depressed look or expression.
to appear or become dark, dim, or somber.
to look sad, dismal, or dejected; frown.
to fill with gloom; make gloomy or sad; sadden.
to make dark or somber.
Origin of gloom
1Other words for gloom
Opposites for gloom
Other words from gloom
- gloomful, adjective
- gloom·ful·ly, adverb
- gloomless, adjective
- outgloom, verb (used with object)
- un·der·gloom, noun
- un·gloom, verb (used with object)
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How to use gloom in a sentence
Jefferson, one agonizing state short of victory, saw “dismay and gloom.”
Standing heroic on the soil that gave her birth she marks with glooming brows the madness of the nations.
The Affable Stranger | Peter McArthurBridge and saw the ministers glooming down from the Mound in a dense Assembly fog.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland | Kate Douglas WigginThen he posed industriously to himself, and tried hard to do some more glooming, but it was difficult work.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteDuring the interim Severne had found that his glooming was becoming altogether too realistic for his peace of mind.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
He peered a little anxiously into the rapidly glooming vistas.
Under the Law | Edwina Stanton Babcock
British Dictionary definitions for gloom
/ (ɡluːm) /
partial or total darkness
a state of depression or melancholy
an appearance or expression of despondency or melancholy
poetic a dim or dark place
(intr) to look sullen or depressed
to make or become dark or gloomy
Origin of gloom
1Derived forms of gloom
- gloomful, adjective
- gloomfully, adverb
- gloomless, adjective
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