Definition of gloom

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Gloom (n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight..

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Midnight :: Midnight (a.) Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom..
Brighten :: Brighten (a.) To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects..
Dreary :: Dreary (superl.) Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy..
Black-browed :: Black-browed (a.) Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.
Darkling :: Darkling (p. pr. & a.) Dark; gloomy.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
Gloom :: Gloom (v. t.) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.
Erebus :: Erebus (n.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's Paradise Lost, Book II., line 883..
Scowl :: Scowl (v. i.) Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower..
Dolesome :: Dolesome (a.) Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful.
Eclipse :: Eclipse (n.) The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness..
Sadness :: Sadness (n.) Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house..
Kill-joy :: Kill-joy (n.) One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person.
Overshade :: Overshade (v. t.) To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.
Deepen :: Deepen (v. t.) To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom..
Gloomth :: Gloomth (n.) Gloom.
Sombreness :: Sombreness (n.) The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.
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