gloom and doom

noun

: sad and tragic events : a feeling or attitude that things are only getting worse

The papers are filled with stories of gloom and doom.

She was full of gloom and doom.

Examples of gloom and doom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hayhoe, a professor at Texas Tech University, has written and spoken extensively about the need for climate stories that go beyond gloom and doom — specifically, stories that show people their actions make a difference. —Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024

But commentators need to stop crying about abusive gimmicks or gloom and doom. —Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2024

While it is not clinically recognized as a pathology or included in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, experts say the feeling of gloom and doom prompted by all of the inescapable images of planetary gloom and doom is becoming more widespread. —Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023

Suddenly, after all the gloom and doom, the Rangers are back in the playoff chase. —Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023

That gloom and doom, however, is nowhere to be found in Bravo’s Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake, a delightfully campy show starring two former Real Housewives in a refreshingly conflict-free return to form. —Time, 1 Aug. 2023

And like Day’s career, perhaps earlier week indications of gloom and doom for the Nelson were premature or at least exaggerated. —Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 15 May 2023

Yet amid the industry’s gloom and doom around the shaky state of the independent film market and uncertain future of cinema shines a beacon of light. —Angus Finney, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023