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Gloom

ɡluːm

Gloom definitions

noun

Inflections:

gloom glooms

partial or total darkness

"he strained his eyes peering into the gloom"

Synonyms:
darkness semi-darkness dark gloominess dimness blackness murkiness murk shadows shade shadiness obscurity
- a dark or shady place
  
  "the meadow-hen floats off, to sink into remoter shades and ferny glooms"
a state of depression or despondency

"a year of economic gloom for the car industry"

Synonyms:
despondency depression dejection downheartedness dispiritedness heavy-heartedness melancholy melancholia unhappiness sadness glumness gloominess low spirits dolefulness misery sorrow sorrowfulness forlornness woefulness woe wretchedness lugubriousness moroseness mirthlessness cheerlessness

verb

Inflections:

gloom gloomed glooming glooms

have a dark or sombre appearance

"the black gibbet glooms beside the way"
- make dark or dismal
  
  "a black yew gloom'd the stagnant air"
be or look depressed or despondent

"Charles was always glooming about money"