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glooming
gloom G0155200 (glo͞om)n.1. a. Partial or total darkness; dimness: switched on a table lamp to banish the gloom of a winter afternoon.b. A partially or totally dark place, area, or location.2. a. An atmosphere of melancholy or depression: Gloom pervaded the office.b. 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.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1.glooming - depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic"gloomful, gloomy, sulkydark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat" |
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