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Definition gloom

Etymology

From Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English gl?m (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”), from Proto-Germanic *gl?maz (“gleam, shimmer, sheen”), from Proto-Indo-European *??ley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). Cognate with Scots gloam (“twilight; faint light; dull gleam”), Norwegian glom (“transparent membrane”).

Noun

gloom (usually uncountable, plural glooms)

1. Darkness, dimness or obscurity.
2. A melancholic, depressing or despondent atmosphere.
3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
4. A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.

Verb

gloom (third-person singular simple present glooms, present participle glooming, simple past and past participle gloomed)

1. (intransitive) To be dark or gloomy.
2. (intransitive) to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
3. (transitive) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
4. (transitive) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
5. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

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