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gloom

  [gloom]
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–noun
1. total or partial darkness; dimness.
2. a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits.
3. a despondent or depressed look or expression.
–verb (used without object)
4. to appear or become dark, dim, or somber.
5. to look sad, dismal, or dejected; frown.
–verb (used with object)
6. to fill with gloom; make gloomy or sad; sadden.
7. to make dark or somber.
Origin:
1300–50; ME gloumben, glomen to frown, perh. repr. OE *glūmian (akin to early G gläumen to make turbid); see glum

Related forms:
gloomful, adjective
gloom⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
gloomless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. shadow, shade, obscurity. 2. dejection, despondency, sadness.

Antonyms:
1. brightness. 2. cheerfulness.
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gloom   (glōōm)   
n.  

    1. Partial or total darkness; dimness: switched on a table lamp to banish the gloom of a winter afternoon.

    2. A partially or totally dark place, area, or location.

    3. An atmosphere of melancholy or depression: Gloom pervaded the office.

    4. A state of melancholy or depression; despondency.

    1. An atmosphere of melancholy or depression: Gloom pervaded the office.

    2. A state of melancholy or depression; despondency.

v.   gloomed, gloom·ing, glooms

v.   intr.

  1. To be or become dark, shaded, or obscure.

  2. To feel, appear, or act despondent, sad, or mournful.

v.   tr.

  1. To make dark, shaded, or obscure.

  2. Archaic To make despondent; sadden.


[Probably from Middle English gloumen, to become dark, look glum.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

gloom 
c.1300 as a verb, "to look sullen or displeased," perhaps from Scand. (cf. Norw. dial. glome "to stare somberly"); the noun is 1596 in Scottish, "sullen look," from the verb. Sense of "darkness, obscurity" is first recorded 1629 in Milton's poetry; that of "melancholy" is 1744 (gloomy in this sense is attested from 1590). Gloomy Gus used in a general sense of "sullen person" since 1940s, from a comic strip character of that name first recorded 1904.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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