GLOOMED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

gloomed

verb

past tense of gloom

as in glared

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 darkened

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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Still, as the rockets glared and smoke from pre-match pyrotechnics faded, those seats filled quickly.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 July 2026
Although Brown was absent from Howe’s lyrics, his specter glared from between the lines, apocalyptic and militant.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

Definition of glared

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His chubby forehead was creased, and a sort of hunted look darkened his eyes.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
In its latest incarnation, designed by the firm S9, the curtain wall has darkened and the electronic billboards brightened, so that the tower resembles a TV mount, more apparatus than architecture.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of darkened

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At eleven-thirty, Molina sat down at his kitchen table and, like López’s father, stared outside while listening.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Standing barefoot outside his home at 8th Street and Balboa Boulevard, holding a cup of coffee, Ross Stewart, 79, stared at the gray sky and at the berms.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

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