What does GLOOM mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gloom, somberness, sombrenessnoun

    a state of partial or total darkness

    "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"

  2. gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombrenessnoun

    a feeling of melancholy apprehension

  3. gloom, gloominess, glumnessnoun

    an atmosphere of depression and melancholy

    "gloom pervaded the office"

Wiktionary

  1. gloomnoun

    darkness, dimness or obscurity.

  2. gloomnoun

    a melancholy, depressing or despondent atmosphere

  3. gloomverb

    To be dark or gloomy.

  4. gloomverb

    to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Gloomnoun

    partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight

  2. Gloomnoun

    a shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove

  3. Gloomnoun

    cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness

  4. Gloomnoun

    in gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven

  5. Gloomverb

    to shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer

  6. Gloomverb

    to become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight

  7. Gloomverb

    to render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken

  8. Gloomverb

    to fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of GLOOM in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of GLOOM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of GLOOM in a Sentence

  1. Rikard Scoufias:

    Our view has not changed. We have a commitment to investing in Greece, it's not only doom and gloom. There are actually investors who are looking in Greece and our partnership with the Hellenic Republic has been very constructive.

  2. James Henry Leigh Hunt:

    Night's deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm; the comfort of mankind.

  3. Selena Ling:

    It's a nice surprise, given all the gloom and doom out there. Full year, IE Singapore is looking for a contraction and so are we. So it's probably a blip, but it's still nice for now, one month is not going to change the story for the whole quarter, we suspect.

  4. Remy Green:

    The Postal Service has long promised that' [ n ] either snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, the Court rightly added the obvious footnote : fixing an election and cost-cutting can not cut it as an exception to that promise.

  5. 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.

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Translations for GLOOM

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  • caddugWelsh
  • oscuridadSpanish
  • noirceur, morosité, obscurité, sombreurFrench
  • חשך, דיכאוןHebrew
  • ბნელეთი, სიბნელე, წყვდიადი, უკუნეთიGeorgian
  • The word "gloom" can be translated to Latin as "tenebrae."Latin
  • duisternisDutch
  • trevasPortuguese
  • темнота, тьма, мрак, уныниеRussian
  • похмурістьUkrainian
  • 愁雲Chinese

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  • Robert Doud
    Robert Doud
    gloom as a dark place, an area in the woods completely shaded over by trees and foliage
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