Definitions for gloom
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gloom, somberness, sombrenessnoun

   a state of partial or total darkness

   "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"

2. gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombrenessnoun

   a feeling of melancholy apprehension

3. gloom, gloominess, glumnessnoun

   an atmosphere of depression and melancholy

   "gloom pervaded the office"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gloomnoun

   darkness, dimness or obscurity.

2. gloomnoun

   a melancholy, depressing or despondent atmosphere

3. gloomverb

   To be dark or gloomy.

4. gloomverb

   to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GLOOMnoun

   Etymology: glomang, Saxon, twilight.

   1. Imperfect darkness; dismalness; obscurity; defect of light.

   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.

   2. Cloudiness of aspect; heaviness of mind; sullenness.

2. To Gloomverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To shine obscurely, as the twilight. This sense is not now in use.

   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.

   2. To be cloudy; to be dark.3. To be melancholy; to be sullen.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gloom

   Gloom is a low level of light which is so dim that there are physiological and psychological effects. Human vision at this level becomes monochrome and has lessened clarity.

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1. gloom

   Gloom refers to partial or total darkness or a state of melancholy, sadness, or depression. It can also mean a sense of despondency or pessimism.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gloomnoun

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

2. Gloomnoun

   a shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove

3. Gloomnoun

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

4. Gloomnoun

   in gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven

5. Gloomverb

   to shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer

6. Gloomverb

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

7. Gloomverb

   to render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken

8. Gloomverb

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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.]

Matched Categories

1. • Apprehension
   • Atmosphere
   • Melancholy
   • Semidarkness

How to pronounce gloom?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Kahlil Gibran:

   The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.

2. Allan Small:

   Everyone was predicting doom and gloom for the banks and look at them, four of the five raised dividends, yes, their loan loss provision are higher, but you've got to expect that.

3. Barry Schwartz:

   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.

4. Arnold Bennett:

   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.

5. Barack Obama:

   Despite the perennial doom and gloom that I guess is inevitably part of a presidential campaign, America is winning right now, america is great right now. We can do even better.

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