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glooms

[ gloomz ]

/ glumz /

plural noun

Usually the glooms . the blues; melancholy.

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What does “clement” mean?

having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision.

mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate.

favorite; cherished.

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Origin of glooms

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

Words nearby glooms

glomus jugulare, glomus jugulare tumor, glomus tumor, gloom, gloom and doom, glooms, gloomy, gloop, Glooscap, glop, gloppy

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Example sentences from the Web for glooms

He had not really declared war upon the haunters of the glooms, but his relations with them were becoming distinctly strained.
The Kindred of the Wild|Charles G. D. Roberts
The glooms of death fall heavy on my heart, And, between life and me, a truce impart.
The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White|Henry Kirke White
The complexity of the world charms us, its 'downs' as well as its 'ups,' its abysses and glooms no less than its sunny levels.
The Meaning of Good--A Dialogue|G. Lowes Dickinson
The exaggeration which darkness imparted to the glooms of this region impressed Henchard more than he had expected.
The Mayor of Casterbridge|Thomas Hardy

He saw the red deer scamper, frightened, into the glooms, and the rabbits scurrying among the bracken.
The Hill of Venus|Nathan Gallizier

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