Definitions for gloom
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gloom, somberness, sombreness(noun)

   a state of partial or total darkness

   "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"

2. gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness(noun)

   a feeling of melancholy apprehension

3. gloom, gloominess, glumness(noun)

   an atmosphere of depression and melancholy

   "gloom pervaded the office"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gloom(Noun)

   darkness, dimness or obscurity.

2. gloom(Noun)

   a melancholy, depressing or despondent atmosphere

3. gloom(Verb)

   To be dark or gloomy.

4. gloom(Verb)

   to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Gloom(noun)

   partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight

2. Gloom(noun)

   a shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove

3. Gloom(noun)

   cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness

4. Gloom(noun)

   in gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven

5. Gloom(verb)

   to shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer

6. Gloom(verb)

   to become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight

7. Gloom(verb)

   to render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken

8. Gloom(verb)

   to fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

How to pronounce gloom?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say gloom in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gloom in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gloom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of gloom in a Sentence

1. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   Life has one vast stern likeness in its gloom

2. Brent Hansen:

   That's obviously a big price increase for an industry that's a little bit doom-and-gloom over tariffs.

3. Jawahar Lal Neheru:

   When the present is full of gloom, the past becomes haven of refuge that provides relief and inspiration.

4. Nancy Davis:

   It is definitely a Bizarro type of world. The bond market is pricing in doom and gloom while stocks are partying.

5. James Henry Leigh Hunt:

   Night's deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm; the comfort of mankind.

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