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.
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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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
Night's deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm; the comfort of mankind.
John F. Kennedy, Speech for the Dallas Trade Mart which was never delivered.:
There will always be dissident voices heard in the land expresing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side, and seeking influence without responsibility.
Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose
Our view has not changed. We have a commitment to investing in Greece, it's not only doom and gloom. There are actually investors who are looking in Greece and our partnership with the Hellenic Republic has been very constructive.
The pain and suffering of this world are only the images of gloom, and they are only real in the moment when the spark identifies itself with the shell of darkness. - Book of Consolation, 8.15
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