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 gather round him as night about a hamlet in a valley.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)

Dear People, I'm doing my best to uplift Mrs. Mussel, but she's the undisputed Queen of all the Glooms and my sprightly efforts fall on stony ground.

From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort

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