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gloom
Synonyms and Antonyms of gloom
- He has been in a perpetual gloom since his dog died.
blues, dejection, depression, desolation, despond, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, oppression, sadness, sorrowfulness, unhappiness
- The gloom of a rainy night is the perfect setting for a mystery story.
blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness
gloom
Synonyms and Antonyms of gloom
- We just sat there, glooming, as we waited and waited for our dinners to arrive.
look daggers (or stare daggers)
- He continued to gloom over the fact that he had been passed over for promotion to district manager.
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