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1. (n.) gloom
total or partial darkness.
2. gloom
a state of melancholy or depression.
3. gloom
a despondent or depressed look or expression.
4. (v.i.) gloom
to appear or become dark, dim, or somber.
5. gloom
to look sad or dejected; frown.
6. (v.t.) gloom
to make gloomy.
7. gloom
to make dark or somber.
Etymology: (1300–50; (v.) ME gloumben,glomen to frown, perh. repr. OE *glūmian (akin to early G gläumen to make turbid); see glum)
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| Definition of 'Gloom' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gloom, somberness, sombreness
a state of partial or total darkness
"he struck a match to dispel the gloom"
2. (noun) gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
3. (noun) gloom, gloominess, glumness
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
"gloom pervaded the office"
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1. (noun) gloom
strong sadness or lack of hope
a feeling of gloom in the Liberal party
2. gloom
lack of light
the gloom of a cold rainy day
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| Definition of 'Gloom' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Gloom
partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight
2. (noun) Gloom
a shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove
3. (noun) Gloom
cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
4. (noun) Gloom
in gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven
5. (verb) Gloom
to shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer
6. (verb) Gloom
to become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight
7. (verb) Gloom
to render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken
8. (verb) Gloom
to fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen
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Sense: a state of not quite complete darkness
I could not tell the colour of the car in the gloom.
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 Afrikaans: duisterheid, skemerheid |
 Arabic: ظَلام دامِس، حُلْكَه |
 Bulgarian: мрак |
 Brazilian: escuridão |
 Czech: šero |
 German: die Dunkelheit |
 Danish: mørke |
 Greek: μισοσκόταδο |
 Spanish: penumbra |
 Estonian: pimedus |
 Farsi: تیرگی؛ کم نوری |
 Finnish: hämärä |
 French: demi-jour |
 Hebrew: קַדרוּת |
 Hindi: आंशिक अंधकार, उदासी |
 Croatian: polumrak |
 Hungarian: homály |
 Indonesian: remang-remang |
 Icelandic: myrkur, dimma |
 Italian: oscurità |
 Japanese: 薄暗がり |
 Korean: 어둠 |
 Lithuanian: tamsa |
 Latvian: tumsa |
 Malay: kekelaman |
 Dutch: halfduister |
 Norwegian: dyp skygge, (nesten) mørk |
 Polish: półmrok |
 Persian: تیرگی؛ کم نوری |
 Pashto: تياره |
 Portuguese: escuridão |
 Romanian: semiîntuneric |
 Russian: мрак |
 Slovak: šero |
 Slovenian: polmrak |
 Serbian: tmina |
 Swedish: dunkel |
 Thai: ความมืด |
 Turkish: alaca karanlık, yarı kara |
 Taiwanese: 陰暗 |
 Ukrainian: темрява, морок |
 Urdu: دھندلاہٹ |
 Vietnamese: bóng tối lờ mờ |
 Chinese: 阴暗 |
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