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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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Recent Examples of gloom
Noun
Expand your outlook with a wide-angle lens that steers you beyond doom and gloom to bigger possibilities. 5. Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025 The pond’s seepage was a source of cholera outbreaks, and a certain unidentifiable gloom still hangs around the park that is on the site now. Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Verb
But, there is still gloom ahead for economies in the region. Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 5 Oct. 2022 Our imperviousness to gloom is our own peculiar virtue. Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for gloom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloom
Noun
  • Ditto for pale eyeshadow applied over the entire lid, which appears even more like clown eyes when a dark (and often uneven) eyeliner is applied.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
  • The search was suspended at dark on Thursday and resumed Friday morning.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • Jaden Springer, Jazz (NG) Springer is only 22 and has shown real promise as a defender, but his 23.8 percent career mark on 3s is a glaring problem.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • Meloni's body language was reminiscent of another moment of friction at a past G7 summit — when then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel was photographed in 2018 leaning over a table to glare at President Donald Trump, who in turn, folded his arms across his chest and glared back.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • Among the key agenda this year was also Trump’s tariff policy that has darkened the outlook for global economic growth.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 17 June 2025
  • As for why our oceans are darkening, the causes likely differ by region.
    Jay Kakade June 14, New Atlas, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Spending time with a therapy dog can also reduce anxiety, loneliness and depression, while increasing the patient's socialization.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • For some, symptoms stabilize or improve, especially if caused by treatable issues like depression or medication side effects.
    Nawab John Dar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Far too often, business leaders get caught staring at the wrong gauges—hyper-focused on vanity metrics, internal politics or the crisis of the week.
    Ryan Kunkel, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Captured in the early morning, the video shows the woman entering her kitchen to find her partner staring at a grey cat, which is nonchalantly eating from a bowl on the floor.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • In the United States, doing significant work a rental might be frowned upon.
    Thea Duncan Prando, CNBC, 17 May 2025
  • Mook continued to openly frown at Gaitok’s strong moral compass, valid worries, and vulnerabilities.
    Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Labor Day is suffused with a certain melancholy at the end of summer and children are already back in school.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • That betrayal, like so many others, fed the melancholy in Brian's music.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • There is darkness out there, and it’s got to go somewhere.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 June 2025
  • After this stop, the ship will cross over into the Arctic Circle, where the many hours of winter darkness are most conducive to spotting the northern lights.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2025

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“Gloom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloom. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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