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gloomgloom /ɡluːm/ ●○○ noun [singular, uncountable]   - He couldn't read in the dim gloom of the warehouse.
- There was a sense of gloom in the city after the team's loss.
- A long-tailed, hawk-like bird emerged from the trees, dusky shape in the gloom.
- As my eyes accustomed to the gloom they began to make out details close by.
- Once, at lunch, Margarett complained about the gloom of her bedroom.
- She moved out of the sunlight that flooded in between the nettles and into the dank gloom of the main tunnel.
- The bumblebees are still foraging from the chokecherry blossoms in the gloom.
- The same sense of gloom and oppression.
- Then the pines closed ranks again, their tall red trunks glowing softly in the gloom of the afternoon.
darkness► darkness a place or time where there is no light: · A voice came from out of the darkness, but she couldn't see anyone.· As my eyes became used to the darkness I could make out a bed in the corner of the room.· The city was a violent place at that time, and it was not safe to walk the streets during the hours of darkness.in complete darkness: · Colour films must be developed in complete darkness. ► the dark when there is no light, especially in a room: · Children who are afraid of the dark need to be reassured.in the dark: · Why are you sitting there in the dark? Put the light on. ► the shadows the place near a building, trees etc where it is darker than everywhere else because it is hidden from the sun's light: · Someone was hiding in the shadows at the end of the garden.· Two figures moved out of the shadows into the moonlit street. ► the half-light dull, grey light like the light of the early morning or early evening - use this especially in stories and written descriptions: · He urged the mule forward through the half-light of the forest.in the half-light: · It was difficult to see who was standing there in the dim half-light of the hall. ► the gloom when a place or room does not have enough light to see properly and is not at all cheerful - use this especially in stories and written descriptions: · I stepped through the doorway and peered into the gloom.· Jon could hear her voice but was unable to see anything in the gloom. Meaning 2verbs► be filled with gloom· She was filled with gloom as she looked around the place. ► be sunk in gloom (=feel very sad and hopeless)· She made several attempts at conversation but the boy was sunk in gloom. ► cast (a) gloom over something (=make people feel sad)· His ill health had cast a gloom over the Christmas holidays. ► dispel/lift the gloom (=make people feel less sad)· Now for some good news to dispel the gloom. ► gloom deepens (=people feel more sad)· The party's gloom deepened as the election results came in. ► gloom lifts (=people stop feeling sad)· Germany's gloom lifted when Stallkamp scored a goal. phrases► doom and gloom (=when there seems no hope)· The picture is not all doom and gloom - some tourist areas are still drawing in the crowds. adjectives► economic gloom· It was a year of economic gloom for the car industry. ► deep gloom· There was deep gloom about the future. ► a general gloom (=when many people feel there is not much hope)· Amid the general gloom, there are some positive signs. ► doom and gloom/gloom and doom (=bad things that may happen in the future)· The newspapers are always full of doom and gloom. ADJECTIVE► deep· Barely three months ago, deep gloom prevailed in Tokyo.· The planet had faded into a deep gloom.· De Quincey reported that these endless processions produced in him feelings of deep melancholy and gloom.· And Chancellor Norman Lamont was last night accused of sunning himself as the economy sinks into deeper gloom. ► economic· Faced with economic doom and gloom, the average householder simply goes to the shops, according to a survey today.· In a year of economic gloom for the car industry, it was a spectacular success.· If you experience economic gloom, you should be able to find financial assistance because you are well placed astrologically in 1993. ► gathering· Rising to his feet, he touched the light switch, dispelling the gathering gloom, before striding through to his office.· Back at the truck all was despondency in the gathering gloom.· The prospects were pleasing even on this dismal day in the gathering gloom.· As she approached, she could see three blue lights flashing in the gathering gloom.· By four o'clock car sidelights were on, small-eyed in the gathering gloom. VERB► cast· One who would speak your name and seeks to know the woman in you! Cast off the glooms.· The fact of the funeral cast a gloom upon the day.· The Conservative Party was cast in gloom.· Rumours of his ill-health had cast gloom over the previous weeks, and his presence - on foot - brought great applause. ► deepen· Barclays deepened the gloom with first-half profits collapsing from last year's £378million to £51million.· For a change in their routine, he and Barnabas crossed the street and walked past Mitford Blossoms in the deepening gloom.· That thought merely deepened her gloom and she floated on the water, wishing that Ana would come back.· Snooker Mountjoy deepens Thorne's gloom. ► peer· In mounting dismay she peered into the gloom, the invidious nature of her position coming home to her with a vengeance.· It was very easy to imagine eyes peering from the gloom, or strange beings creeping along the path behind them.· Opening her eyes, she peered into the gloom.· He strained his eyes peering into the gloom.· He was peering into the gloom ahead. 1literary almost complete darkness:  He peered into the gathering (=increasing) gloom.2a feeling of great sadness and lack of hope: a time of high unemployment and economic gloom → doom and gloom at doom2COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbsbe filled with gloom· She was filled with gloom as she looked around the place.be sunk in gloom (=feel very sad and hopeless)· She made several attempts at conversation but the boy was sunk in gloom.cast (a) gloom over something (=make people feel sad)· His ill health had cast a gloom over the Christmas holidays.dispel/lift the gloom (=make people feel less sad)· Now for some good news to dispel the gloom.gloom deepens (=people feel more sad)· The party's gloom deepened as the election results came in.gloom lifts (=people stop feeling sad)· Germany's gloom lifted when Stallkamp scored a goal.phrasesdoom and gloom (=when there seems no hope)· The picture is not all doom and gloom - some tourist areas are still drawing in the crowds.adjectiveseconomic gloom· It was a year of economic gloom for the car industry.deep gloom· There was deep gloom about the future.a general gloom (=when many people feel there is not much hope)· Amid the general gloom, there are some positive signs. |