gloom
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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
See Examples of GLOOM
- <we just sat there, glooming, as we waited and waited for our dinners to arrive>
- <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
2gloom
nounDefinition of GLOOM
1
a : partial or total darkness b : a dark or shadowy place
2
a : lowness of spirits : dejection b : an atmosphere of despondency <a gloom fell over the household>
Examples of GLOOM
- The painting captures the gloom of a foggy night.
- He walked away, disappearing into the gloom.
- the gloom of the forest
- He was often subject to periods of gloom.
- A cloud of gloom has descended over the city.
First Known Use of GLOOM
1629
Related to GLOOM
- Synonyms
- blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, despond, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, sadness, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, oppression, sorrowfulness, unhappiness
- Antonyms
- bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, gladsomeness, happiness, heaven, intoxication, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness
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