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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.]
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Glooming

Gloom"ing\, n. [Cf. Gloaming.] Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.

When the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day. --Trench.

The balmy glooming, crescent-lit. --Tennyson.
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