gloom
Plural: glooms
Noun
- a state of partial or total darkness
- "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"
- a feeling of melancholy apprehension
- an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
- "gloom pervaded the office"
- Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
- A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.
- Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
- A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
Verb
Verb Forms: gloomed, glooming, glooms
- To become dark or dim; to fill with darkness or despair.
- To be dark or gloomy.
- To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
- To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
- To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
- To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
Examples
- The board seemed to gloom as his opponent laid down another triple-word bingo.
- the gloom of a forest, or of midnight
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”), from Proto-West Germanic *glōm, from Proto-Germanic *glōmaz (“gleam, shimmer, sheen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). The English word is cognate with Norwegian glom (“transparent membrane”), Scots gloam (“twilight; faint light; dull gleam”).
Synonyms
gloominess, glumness, somberness, sombreness, aggrieve, besorrow, bleed, condole, engrieve, erme, gloom, grieve, grieven, lament, moan, mourn, regret, rue, sigh, sorrow, wayment, yearn
Scrabble Score: 8
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