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glooming

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gloom

[gloom]
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.

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Glooming is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
verb (used with object)
6.
to fill with gloom; make gloomy or sad; sadden.
7.
to make dark or somber.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English gloumben, glomen to frown, perhaps representing Old English *glūmian (akin to early German gläumen to make turbid); see glum

gloom·ful, adjective
gloom·ful·ly, adverb
gloom·less, adjective
out·gloom, verb (used with object)
un·der·gloom, noun
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un·gloom, verb (used with object)
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1. shadow, shade, obscurity. 2. dejection, despondency, sadness.


1. brightness. 2. cheerfulness.

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Word Origin & History

gloom
c.1300 as a verb, "to look sullen or displeased," perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. Norw. dial. glome "to stare somberly"); the noun is 1590s 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
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sense is attested from 1580s).
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