'Gloom' definitions:

Definition of 'gloom'

(from WordNet)
noun
A state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom" [syn: gloom, somberness, sombreness]
noun
A feeling of melancholy apprehension [syn: gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness]
noun
An atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" [syn: gloom, gloominess, glumness]

Definition of 'Gloom'

From: GCIDE
  • Gloom \Gloom\, v. t.
  • 1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. [1913 Webster]
  • A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]
  • A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. [1913 Webster]
  • Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy. --Tennison. [1913 Webster]
  • What sorrows gloomed that parting day. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gloom'

From: GCIDE
  • Gloom \Gloom\ (gl[=oo]m), n. [AS. gl[=o]m twilight, from the root of E. glow. See Glow, and cf. Glum, Gloam.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. [1913 Webster]
  • Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. --Tennyson . [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. [1913 Webster]
  • A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See Darkness. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gloom'

From: GCIDE
  • Gloom \Gloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glooming.]
  • 1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. [1913 Webster]
  • The black gibbet glooms beside the way. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'gloom'

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Words containing 'Gloom'