glooms

verb

present tense third-person singular of gloom
1
as in glares
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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2
as in darkens
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 Synonyms for glooms
  1. glares
  2. darkens
  3. scowls
  4. stares
Verb
  • My eleven-year-old self rolls her eyes, glares at my thirty-six-year-old body, and silently calls me fat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of glares
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  • During totality, the sky darkens significantly, temperatures drop and bright stars and planets can even become visible.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Continue cooking until butter begins to smell nutty and darkens in color.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of darkens
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  • However, there has been a growing edge to Denver’s current group, personified on the field in the way safety Talanoa Hufanga flies to the ball and in the way Cooper scowls under his eye black.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • How often do smiles express happiness and scowls express anger?
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2020
Definition of scowls
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  • Unlike traditional video games where the player stares at a screen, VR seeks to place the player inside the game and fully immerse them in this new world.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • While Jon Moxley stares Ospreay down, Daniel Garcia speaks up and gets hit by Ospreay.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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