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[ gloomz ] / glumz /
plural nounUsually the glooms . the blues; melancholy. Origin of gloomsFirst recorded in 1735–45; see origin at gloom, -s3 Words nearby gloomsglomus jugulare, glomus jugulare tumor, glomus tumor, gloom, gloom and doom, glooms, gloomy, gloop, Glooscap, glop, gloppy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gloomsHe had not really declared war upon the haunters of the glooms, but his relations with them were becoming distinctly strained. The Kindred of the Wild|Charles G. D. Roberts The glooms of death fall heavy on my heart, And, between life and me, a truce impart. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White|Henry Kirke White The complexity of the world charms us, its 'downs' as well as its 'ups,' its abysses and glooms no less than its sunny levels. The Meaning of Good--A Dialogue|G. Lowes Dickinson The exaggeration which darkness imparted to the glooms of this region impressed Henchard more than he had expected. The Mayor of Casterbridge|Thomas Hardy
He saw the red deer scamper, frightened, into the glooms, and the rabbits scurrying among the bracken. The Hill of Venus|Nathan Gallizier
Words related to gloomsdoldrums, malaise, foreboding, sorrow, pessimism, bitterness, weariness, grief, sadness, despair, misery, woe, discouragement, anguish, horror, shadow, cloud, distress, downheartedness, blues |