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gloom
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- pronunciation:
- glum
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
lack of light; darkness or dimness.
- synonyms:
- darkness, dimness
- similar words:
- blackness, dark, murk, obscurity, shade, shadows
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| definition 2: |
a mood or atmosphere of sadness or melancholy.
- synonyms:
- darkness, melancholy, sadness
- antonyms:
- glee
- similar words:
- blues, dejection, depression, despair, despondence, doldrums, pall, unhappiness
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| related words: |
chill, lower, woe |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
glooms, glooming, gloomed |
| definition 1: |
to appear or become dim or dark, shaded, or overcast.
- synonyms:
- darken
- similar words:
- cloud up, dim, lower
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| definition 2: |
to look, feel, or act sad, sullen, melancholy, or depressed.
- synonyms:
- frown, lower, mope
- similar words:
- despair, despond, glower, scowl, sulk
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| related words: |
cloud |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to cause to be sad or melancholy; fill with gloom.
- synonyms:
- sadden
- similar words:
- dampen, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit
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| derivations: |
gloomful (adj.), gloomfully (adv.) |
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