glooms

[gloomz]

plural noun

the blues; melancholy (usually preceded by the).

Origin of glooms

First recorded in 1735–45; see origin at gloom, -s³

gloom

[gloom]

noun

total or partial darkness; dimness.
a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits.
a 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.

Origin of gloom

1300–50; Middle English gloumben, glomen to frown, perhaps representing Old English *glūmian (akin to early German gläumen to make turbid); see glum

Related formsgloom·ful, adjectivegloom·ful·ly, adverbgloom·less, adjectiveout·gloom, verb (used with object)un·der·gloom, nounun·gloom, verb (used with object)

Synonyms

1. shadow, shade, obscurity. 2. dejection, despondency, sadness.

Antonyms

1. brightness. 2. cheerfulness.

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Examples from the Web for glooms

Historical Examples

In the glooms and lights outside Shima was standing, and two messengers.
The Coast of Chance
Esther Chamberlain
The glooms of the gigantic forest, spreading back to unexplored and unimagined depth, added to the sublimity of the scene.
The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
John S. C. Abbott
I love Christ's glooms better than the world's worm-eaten joys.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford
Of course it is part of her character that her destiny should point to the glooms.
Theodore Watts-Dunton
James Douglas
Physically and intellectually he looms and glooms and towers.
The Army Mule and Other War Sketches
Henry A. Castle

British Dictionary definitions for glooms

gloom

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

Derived Formsgloomful, adjectivegloomfully, adverbgloomless, adjective

Word Origin

C14 gloumben to look sullen; related to Norwegian dialect glome to eye suspiciously

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Word Origin and History for glooms

gloom

c.1300 as a verb, "to look sullen or displeased," perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. Norwegian dialectal glome "to stare somberly"). Not considered to be related to Old English glom "twilight," but perhaps to Middle Low German glum "turbid," Dutch gluren "to leer." The noun is 1590s in Scottish, "sullen look," from the verb. Sense of "darkness, obscurity" is first recorded 1629 in Milton's poetry; that of "melancholy" is 1744 (gloomy in this sense is attested from 1580s).

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Examples from the Web for glooms

Historical Examples

In the glooms and lights outside Shima was standing, and two messengers.

The glooms of the gigantic forest, spreading back to unexplored and unimagined depth, added to the sublimity of the scene.

I love Christ's glooms better than the world's worm-eaten joys.

Of course it is part of her character that her destiny should point to the glooms.

Physically and intellectually he looms and glooms and towers.

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