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Meaning of 'gloom' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gloom [ n.]
- Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.
- A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.
- Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
- In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.
2 . Gloom [ v. i.]
- To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
- To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.
3 . Gloom [ v. t.]
- To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
- To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

Meaning of 'gloom' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gloom [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
Example in sentence:
  • gloom pervaded the office
Meaning (2):
- a state of partial or total darkness
Example in sentence:
  • he struck a match to dispel the gloom

Nearby Words:

gloam gloaming gloar gloat gloated gloating globard globate globated globe

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