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Gloom

noun
/ɡlum/
Word Frequency: 3.2

Definitions

1.nounDarkness, dimness or obscurity.
"the gloom of a forest, or of midnight"
2.nounA melancholic, depressing or despondent atmosphere.
3.nounCloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
4.nounA drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
5.verbTo be dark or gloomy.
6.verbTo look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
7.verbTo render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
8.verbTo fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
9.verbTo shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

Synonyms

sombrenessgloominesssombernessglumnesssombreobscuritydarknessmurkdrearbluesmiserysadness

Rhymes With

plumepresumeloomexhumeboomroomassumefume
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