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noun

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as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits has been in a perpetual gloom since his dog died

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as in dark
a time or place of little or no light the gloom of a rainy night is the perfect setting for a mystery story

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gloom

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verb

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as in to glare
to look with anger or disapproval we just sat there, glooming, as we waited and waited for our dinners to arrive

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as in to darken
to take on a gloomy or forbidding look he continued to gloom over the fact that he had been passed over for promotion to district manager

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“Gloom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloom. Accessed 24 Mar. 2023.

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