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Gloom

/ɡlum/

Darkness, dimness or obscurity.

📖 Definitions of "Gloom"

noun
  1. 1

    Darkness, dimness or obscurity.

    "the gloom of a forest, or of midnight"

  2. 2

    A melancholic, depressing or despondent atmosphere.

  3. 3

    Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

  4. 4

    A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.

verb
  1. 1

    To be dark or gloomy.

  2. 2

    To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.

  3. 3

    To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.

  4. 4

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

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