What does GLOOM mean?
Definitions for GLOOM
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word GLOOM.
Princeton's WordNet
gloom, somberness, sombrenessnoun
a state of partial or total darkness
"he struck a match to dispel the gloom"
gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombrenessnoun
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
gloom, gloominess, glumnessnoun
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
"gloom pervaded the office"
Wiktionary
gloomnoun
darkness, dimness or obscurity.
gloomnoun
a melancholy, depressing or despondent atmosphere
gloomverb
To be dark or gloomy.
gloomverb
to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
GLOOMnoun
Etymology: glomang, Saxon, twilight.
Glowing embers through the room,
Teach light to counterfeit a gloom. John Milton.This the seat,
That we must change for heav’n? This mournful gloom,
For that celestial light? John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i.The still night, not now, as ere men fell,
Wholsome, and cool, and mild; but with black air
Accompany’d; with damps, and dreadful gloom. John Milton.Now warm in love, now with’ring in thy bloom,
Lost in a convent’s solitary gloom. Alexander Pope.To Gloomverb
Etymology: from the noun.
His glist’ring armour made
A little glooming light much like a shade. Fairy Queen.Scarcely had Phœbus in the glooming East
Yet harnessed his fiery footed team. Edmund Spenser.
Wikipedia
Gloom
Gloom is a low level of light which is so dim that there are physiological and psychological effects. Human vision at this level becomes monochrome and has lessened clarity.
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gloom
Gloom refers to partial or total darkness or a state of melancholy, sadness, or depression. It can also mean a sense of despondency or pessimism.
Webster Dictionary
Gloomnoun
partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight
Gloomnoun
a shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove
Gloomnoun
cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness
Gloomnoun
in gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven
Gloomverb
to shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer
Gloomverb
to become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight
Gloomverb
to render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken
Gloomverb
to fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gloom
glōōm, n. partial darkness: cloudiness: heaviness of mind, sadness: hopelessness: sullenness.—v.i. to be sullen or dejected: to be cloudy or obscure.—v.t. to fill with gloom.—adv. Gloom′ily.—n. Gloom′iness.—p.adj. Gloom′ing (Shak.), shining obscurely.—n. twilight: gloaming.—adj. Gloom′y, dim or obscure: dimly lighted: sad, melancholy. [A.S. glóm, gloom; prov. Ger. glumm, gloomy.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of GLOOM in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of GLOOM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of GLOOM in a Sentence
Historic Environment Scotland:
Climate change is a really real present risk. The climate has already changed because of the influence of humans. And it's going to continue to change and that pace of change is going to speed up, so the risk to sites like Skara Brae and other sites around Orkney, it's real, it's here, it's happening. But it shouldn't all be doom and gloom and despair. There is an opportunity to still do something about it and to avoid the worst possible consequences of climate change.
Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.
I think, no one ever says those things out loud, but it’s obvious based on like the amount of stories that we do. Like the fact that we have a segment called ‘The Good Stuff,’ which is a feel good thing, but it’s a dedicated moment at the end to like, almost like be the ice cream to alleviate everything you’ve been through, like something sweet to end it with, everything else is like doom and gloom.
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. -- The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service
The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else.
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