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.
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All of that is a pretty solid showing, given the gloom and doom in economic polls, crumbling consumer confidence and mounting frustrations over the cost of living.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
This stands in striking contrast to the atmosphere of gloom and doom that prevails right now in most markets across the Nordics and Continental Europe.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Nov. 2025
The first insight of Mamdani’s campaign was that the gloom and doom about crime that defined Eric Adams’s mayoralty was fading, with voters getting more worried about the cost of living.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The gloom and doom predictions of the left with their shorts in a bunch about the gathering were dispelled immediately when the Pentagon broadcast first Hegseth, then the president, addressing the generals and admirals.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 1 Oct. 2025
Back when the Covid pandemic shut down restaurants across the country in spring of 2020, gloom and doom descended on an industry whose profit margins were always thin.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The ‘boom boom’ aesthetic meets the gloom and doom of market turmoil.
—Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
This stands in striking contrast to the atmosphere of gloom and doom that prevails right now in most markets across the Nordics and Continental Europe.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Nov. 2025
The first insight of Mamdani’s campaign was that the gloom and doom about crime that defined Eric Adams’s mayoralty was fading, with voters getting more worried about the cost of living.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The gloom and doom predictions of the left with their shorts in a bunch about the gathering were dispelled immediately when the Pentagon broadcast first Hegseth, then the president, addressing the generals and admirals.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 1 Oct. 2025
Back when the Covid pandemic shut down restaurants across the country in spring of 2020, gloom and doom descended on an industry whose profit margins were always thin.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The ‘boom boom’ aesthetic meets the gloom and doom of market turmoil.
—Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Gloom and doom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gloom%20and%20doom. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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