doom and gloom

American  

noun

1. gloom and doom.

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Other Word Forms

• doom-and-gloom adjective

Example Sentences

"There is a bittersweet feeling, and it is a bit after the Lord Mayor's Show. But you only have to rewind 36 hours when it was doom and gloom."

From Barron's

Generations hence will wonder why Western elites, rather than marveling at how life was getting better, looked at the future and saw only doom and gloom.

From The Wall Street Journal

But for now he says: "There's doom and gloom in the cereals sector. And costs have been getting out of control on the machinery side of things."

From BBC

Instead of hand-wringing about all of the doom and gloom like so many other filmmakers, Anderson lets the viewer have some fun, deftly straddling the line between bleak and downright silly.

From Salon

"It's not hype anymore. But it's not doom and gloom."

From BBC