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• present tense form of gloom (3rd person singular).

glooms

American  

[gloomz] / glumz /

plural noun

1. Usually the glooms the blues; melancholy.

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Etymology

Origin of glooms

First recorded in 1735–45; see origin at gloom, -s ³

Example Sentences

As in life the Glooms outweigh the Joys.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Strauss sees them all as so many Joys and Glooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Glooms that go deep as thine I have not known: Moods of fantastic sadness, nothing worth.

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew

Even in his grief Shelley still preserves a sense of unreality, and calls in many shadowy allegorical figures,--Sad Spring, Weeping Hours, Glooms, Splendors, Destinies,--all uniting in bewailing the loss of a loved one.

From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph

But who is he whose darken'd brow Glooms in the midst of general mirth?

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist