gloom

gloom  (glm)

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.

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[Probably from Middle English gloumen, to become dark, look glum.]

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gloom

Noun

1. depression or melancholy: all doom and gloom

2. partial or total darkness [Middle English gloumben to look sullen]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gloom - a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom" somberness, sombreness semidarkness - partial darkness
	2.	gloom - a feeling of melancholy apprehension gloominess, somberness, sombreness apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" melancholy - a feeling of thoughtful sadness
	3.	gloom - an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" gloominess, glumness ambiance, ambience, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" cloud - a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French" bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness - a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape"

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gloom

noun 1. darkness, dark, shadow, cloud, shade, twilight, dusk, obscurity, blackness, dullness, murk, dimness, murkiness, cloudiness, gloominess, duskiness << OPPOSITE light

noun 2. depression, despair, misery, sadness, sorrow, blues, woe, melancholy, unhappiness, desolation, despondency, dejection, low spirits, downheartedness << OPPOSITE happiness

Translations

gloom [gluːm] n → penumbra (= sadness); desaliento, melancolía

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gloom [gluːm] n → obscurité f (= sadness); tristesse f, mélancolie f

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gloom [gluːm] n → Düsterkeit f;

(sadness) → düstere or gedrückte Stimmung f

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gloom [gluːm] n → oscurità, buio (= sadness); tristezza, malinconia