gloom
/ɡlum/
Dictionary
noun
- Darkness, dimness or obscurity.
"the gloom of a forest, or of midnight"
- A melancholic, depressing or despondent atmosphere.
- Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
- A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
verb
- To be dark or gloomy.
- To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
- To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
- To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
- To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
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