gloom
11gloom — [n1] melancholy, depression anguish, bitterness, blue devils*, blue funk*, blues*, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolor,… …
12gloom — index damper (depressant), depression, indistinctness, obscuration, pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13gloom — c.1300 as a verb, to look sullen or displeased, perhaps from Scandinavian (Cf. Norw. dialectal glome to stare somberly ). Not considered to be related to O.E. glom twilight, but perhaps to M.L.G. glum turbid, Du. gluren to leer. The noun is 1590s …
14gloom — ► NOUN 1) partial or total darkness. 2) a state of depression or despondency. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
15gloom — [glo͞om] vi. [< ME gloum(b)en, to look morose, prob. < Scand, as in Norw dial. glome, to stare somberly, akin to EFris glumen, to peer secretly (< IE * ĝhlu < base * ghêl > GLEAM, GLOW): meaning infl. by OE glom, twilight] 1. to be …
16gloom — noun 1 sadness ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ She was in a deep gloom because not even a postcard had arrived from Ricky. ▪ general (esp. BrE) ▪ economic ▪ the general economic …
17gloom — n. 1) to express gloom 2) (an) all pervading, deep gloom 3) gloom about, over (to express gloom over the situation) * * * [gluːm] deep gloom over (to express gloom over the situation) (an) all pervading to express gloom gloom about …
18gloom — 01. The men walked through the [gloom] of the foggy night. 02. We couldn t see very far ahead of us in the [gloom] of the evening. 03. The mood in the room changed to [gloom] as the first election results came in. 04. The workers became pretty… …
19gloom — be·gloom; gloom·ful; gloom·i·ly; gloom·i·ness; gloom·less; gloom; …
20gloom — [[t]glu͟ːm[/t]] 1) N SING: the N, oft in/into N The gloom is a state of near darkness. ...the gloom of a foggy November morning... I was peering about me in the gloom. 2) N UNCOUNT: also a N Gloom is a feeling of sadness and lack of hope. ...the… …
