What does gloom mean?
Definitions for gloom
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word gloom.
Princeton's WordNet
gloom, somberness, sombrenessnoun
a state of partial or total darkness
"he struck a match to dispel the gloom"
gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombrenessnoun
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
gloom, gloominess, glumnessnoun
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
"gloom pervaded the office"
Wiktionary
gloomnoun
darkness, dimness or obscurity.
gloomnoun
a melancholy, depressing or despondent atmosphere
gloomverb
To be dark or gloomy.
gloomverb
to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
GLOOMnoun
Etymology: glomang, Saxon, twilight.
Glowing embers through the room,
Teach light to counterfeit a gloom. John Milton.This the seat,
That we must change for heav’n? This mournful gloom,
For that celestial light? John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.The still night, not now, as ere men fell,
Wholsome, and cool, and mild; but with black air
Accompany’d; with damps, and dreadful gloom. John Milton.Now warm in love, now with’ring in thy bloom,
Lost in a convent’s solitary gloom. Alexander Pope.To Gloomverb
Etymology: from the noun.
His glist’ring armour made
A little glooming light much like a shade. Fairy Queen.Scarcely had Phœbus in the glooming East
Yet harnessed his fiery footed team. Edmund Spenser.
Webster Dictionary
Gloomnoun
partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight
Gloomnoun
a shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove
Gloomnoun
cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
Gloomnoun
in gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven
Gloomverb
to shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer
Gloomverb
to become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight
Gloomverb
to render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken
Gloomverb
to fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gloom
glōōm, 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. [A.S. glóm, gloom; prov. Ger. glumm, gloomy.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gloom in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gloom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of gloom in a Sentence
Obama had a message of, imagine what could happen in the future we could have if I were president. This is him saying, there wont be a future if me or a Democrat is not president, that is interesting to me because in 2016, the Democrats, Hillary Clinton and her campaign made things about attacking Trump and the doom and gloom situation if Trump were to be elected and they didnt win. It seems like Joe Bidens announcement was doing the same thing.
The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else.
We are not afraid of these polling numbers, they are not gloom and doom ; they show a clear pathway to keeping White House. We have to be very clear about what the numbers say : We have incredible strengths. The Republicans have incredible weaknesses.
It's not the apocalypse, it's not doom and gloom, and if it's not doom and gloom you can come out of the bunker and the first thing you do is take a sigh of relief and then you want to make money.
Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.
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