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gloomfully

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gloom

  [gloom]
Use gloomfully in a Sentence
–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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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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