gloom

¹gloom

verb \ˈglüm\

Definition of GLOOM

intransitive verb

1

: to look, feel, or act sullen or despondent

2

: to be or become overcast

3

: to loom up dimly

transitive verb

: to make dark, murky, or somber : make gloomy

Examples of GLOOM

1. <we just sat there, glooming, as we waited and waited for our dinners to arrive>
2. <he continued to gloom over the fact that he had been passed over for promotion to district manager>

Origin of GLOOM

Middle English gloumen

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to GLOOM

Synonyms: glare, frown, glower, lower (also lour), scowl

Antonyms: beam, grin, smile

Related Words: gape, gaze, ogle, stare; grimace, pout, sulk; growl, snarl, sneer, snigger

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Rhymes with GLOOM

bloom, boom, broom, brume, combe, cwm, doom, flume, fume, glume, groom, khoum, loom, neume, plume, rheum, room, spume, tomb, toom, vroom, whom, womb, zoom