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- DictionaryGloom/ɡlo͞om/
noun
- 1. partial or total darkness: "he strained his eyes peering into the gloom"
- 2. a state of depression or despondency: "a year of economic gloom for the car industry"
verb
- 1. have a dark or somber appearance: literary "the black gibbet glooms beside the way"
- 2. be or look depressed or despondent: "Charles was always glooming about money"
noun. total or partial darkness; dimness. Synonyms: obscurity, shadow, shade. Antonyms: brightness. a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits. Synonyms: sadness, despondency, dejection. Antonyms: cheerful. a despondent or depressed look or expression.
4 days ago · 1. singular noun [oft in/into N] The gloom is a state of near darkness. ...the gloom of a foggy November morning. I was peering about me in the gloom. Synonyms: darkness, dark, shadow, cloud More Synonyms of gloom. 2. uncountable noun [oft a NOUN] Gloom is a feeling of sadness and lack of hope . ...the deepening gloom over the economy.
a state of partial or total darkness. “he struck a match to dispel the gloom ” synonyms: somberness, sombreness. see more. noun. a feeling of melancholy apprehension. synonyms: gloominess, somberness, sombreness. see more. noun. an atmosphere of depression and melancholy. “ gloom pervaded the office” synonyms: gloominess, glumness. see more.
n. 1. a. Partial or total darkness; dimness: switched on a table lamp to banish the gloom of a winter afternoon. b. A partially or totally dark place, area, or location. 2. a. An atmosphere of melancholy or depression: Gloom pervaded the office. b. A state of melancholy or depression; despondency. v. gloomed, gloom·ing, glooms. v.intr. 1.
Definition of gloom noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
GLOOM definition: 1. a feeling of unhappiness and of not having any hope: 2. darkness, but not complete darkness. Learn more.
5 days ago · gloom (usually uncountable, plural glooms) Darkness, dimness, or obscurity . the gloom of a forest, or of midnight. 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. Derived terms [ edit] doom and gloom. gloomies.
