Gloom

[gluːm] or [ɡlum]

Definition

(noun.) a feeling of melancholy apprehension.

(noun.) a state of partial or total darkness; 'he struck a match to dispel the gloom'.

(noun.) an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; 'gloom pervaded the office'.

Edited by Bertram--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.

(n.) A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.

(n.) Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

(n.) In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.

(v. i.) To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

(v. i.) To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.

(v. t.) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.

(v. t.) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

Editor: Randolph

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Obscurity, darkness, dimness, gloominess, cloud.[2]. Sadness, dejection, depression, despondency, melancholy, heaviness of mind, low spirits.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Gloaming, twilight, obscurity, shadow, obscuration, dullness, cloudiness,cloud, dejection, sadness

ANT:Light, radiance, clearness, brightness, daylight

Editor: Mervin

Definition

n. partial darkness: cloudiness: heaviness of mind sadness: hopelessness: sullenness.—v.i. to be sullen or dejected: to be cloudy or obscure.—v.t. to fill with gloom.—adv. Gloom′ily.—n. Gloom′iness.—p.adj. Gloom′ing (Shak.) shining obscurely.—n. twilight: gloaming.—adj. Gloom′y dim or obscure: dimly lighted: sad melancholy.

Checker: Sinclair