Synonyms of gloom

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noun

1

as in sadness

a state or spell of low spirits

has been in a perpetual gloom since his dog died

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sadness
• depression
• melancholy
• sorrowfulness
• mournfulness
• sorrow
• gloominess
• anguish
• grief
• misery
• dejection
• blues
• dreariness
• unhappiness
• despair
• oppression
• glumness
• agony
• joylessness
• desperation
• despondency
• despondence
• dumps
• despond
• heartsickness
• forlornness
• mourning
• doldrums
• pain
• mopes
• miserableness
• desolation
• boredom
• blue devils
• distress
• downheartedness
• melancholia
• regret
• somberness
• disconsolateness
• self-pity
• dispiritedness
• hopelessness
• discouragement
• dolefulness
• woe
• dolor
• wretchedness
• drear
• ennui
• tedium
• disheartenment
• moroseness
• moodiness
• morbidness
• woefulness
• rue
• self-despair
• dismalness
• morosity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• elation
• euphoria
• happiness
• exuberance
• exultation
• bliss
• jubilation
• rapture
• ecstasy
• joyousness
• gladness
• mirth
• heaven
• intoxication
• exhilaration
• glee
• joyfulness
• gayety
• merriment
• optimism
• jollity
• felicity
• gaiety
• joviality
• humor
• cheerfulness
• lightheartedness
• hopefulness
• blissfulness
• cheeriness
• gayness
• cheer
• satisfaction
• contentment
• elatedness
• content
• gleefulness
• mirthfulness
• rapturousness
• sunniness
• gladsomeness
• contentedness
• delight
• gratification

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dark
• shadows
• darkness
• blackness
• night
• black
• dusk
• twilight
• midnight
• candlelight
• murk
• semidarkness
• gloaming
• shade
• umbra
• dulness
• gloominess
• dullness
• blackout
• somberness
• dimness
• grayness
• umbrage
• murkiness
• cloudiness
• paleness
• faintness
• haziness
• mistiness
• half-light
• brownout
• fogginess
• shadiness
• dimout

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• light
• glow
• day
• daylight
• glare
• brightness
• brilliance
• lightness
• sunlight
• blaze
• moonlight
• sunshine
• starlight
• radiance
• shine
• luminescence
• effulgence
• luminosity
• radiancy
• luminance
• incandescence
• luminousness

gloom

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verb

ˈglüm 

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glare
• stare
• scowl
• frown
• gaze
• lour
• glower
• lower
• stare daggers
• gape
• look daggers
• grimace
• sulk
• sneer
• snarl
• pout
• ogle
• snigger
• growl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• beam
• smile
• grin

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darken
• frown
• stare
• rage
• anger
• lour
• glower
• scowl
• glare
• lower
• brood
• steam
• menace
• sulk
• pout
• pet
• fume
• storm
• mope
• threaten
• intimidate
• bristle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lighten
• brighten
• cheer (up)
• perk (up)

Examples of gloom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Neither rain nor mud nor gloom of tropical storm Helene could keep heavy metal fans from attending the 2024 Louder Than Life music festival at Louisville Highland Festival Grounds held Sept. 26-29. —Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024

But the season is not all doom and gloom as Bailey and Ben get married and Meredith and Derek have another baby. —Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024

Verb