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Gloom Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gloom? [n] a feeling of melancholy apprehension [n] a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispell the gloom" [n] an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gloom: gloominess \| gloominess \| glumness \| somberness \| somberness \| sombreness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gloom: adumbrate \| becloud \| bedarken \| bedim \| begloom \| black \| black out \| blacken \| blackness \| bleakness \| block the light \| blot out \| blues \| brood \| brown \| cast a shadow \| cloud \| cloud over \| cloudiness \| dark \| dark shade \| darken \| darken over \| darkle \| darkness \| dejection \| depression \| desolation \| despair \| despondency \| dim \| dim out \| dimness \| dismalness \| doldrums \| dolor \| downheartedness \| dreariness \| dullness \| dumps \| dusk \| eclipse \| encloud \| encompass with shadow \| frown \| gloam \| gloominess \| glower \| gravity \| grimace \| grimness \| grow dark \| grow dim \| knit the brow \| look black \| look sullen \| low spirits \| lower \| lowering \| make a lip \| make a moue \| melancholy \| mere shadow \| misery \| mope \| moroseness \| murk \| murkiness \| obfuscate \| obnubilate \| obscure \| obscurity \| obumbrate \| occult \| occultate \| overcast \| overcloud \| overshadow \| penumbra \| pout \| sadness \| scowl \| shade \| shadiness \| shadow \| shadowiness \| shadows numberless \| silhouette \| skiagram \| skiagraph \| solemnity \| somber \| somberness \| sombrousness \| sorrow \| umbra \| umbrage \| umbrageousness \| unhappiness \| wearifulness \| wearisomeness \| woe See Also \| ambiance \| ambience \| apprehension \| apprehensiveness \| atmosphere \| bleakness \| desolation \| dread \| melancholy \| semidarkness Gloom In Webster's Dictionary \Gloom\ (gl[=oo]m), n. [AS. gl[=o]m twilight, from the root of E. glow. See {Glow}, and cf. {Glum}, {Gloam}.] 1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight. 2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. --Tennyson . 3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. --Burke. 4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven. Syn: Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See {Darkness}. \Gloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glooming}.] 1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer. 2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. The black gibbet glooms beside the way. --Goldsmith. [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. --Spenser. \Gloom\, v. t. 1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. --Walpole. A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. --Tennyson. 2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy. --Tennison. What sorrows gloomed that parting day. --Goldsmith.

Gloom Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gloom?

[n] a feeling of melancholy apprehension
[n] a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispell the gloom"
[n] an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"

Gloom In Webster's Dictionary

\Gloom\ (gl[=oo]m), n. [AS. gl[=o]m twilight, from the
root of E. glow. See {Glow}, and cf. {Glum}, {Gloam}.]
1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the
   gloom of a forest, or of midnight.

2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.

         Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. --Tennyson
                                               .

3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of
   sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

         A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by
         fits.                                 --Burke.

4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.

Syn: Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness;
     depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See
     {Darkness}.


\Gloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Glooming}.]
1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or
   sad; to come to the evening twilight.

         The black gibbet glooms beside the way. --Goldsmith.

         [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom.
                                               --Spenser.


\Gloom\, v. t.
1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.

         A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. --Walpole.

         A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. --Tennyson.

2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

         Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy.
                                               --Tennison.

         What sorrows gloomed that parting day. --Goldsmith.

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