n. | 1. | |
1. | Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; | |
2. | A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. | |
3. | Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. | |
4. | In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven. | |
v. i. | 1. | To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer. |
2. | To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. | |
v. t. | 1. | To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. |
2. | To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. |
Noun | 1. | gloom - a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispell the gloom" Synonyms: somberness, sombreness |
2. | gloom - a feeling of melancholy apprehension Synonyms: gloominess, somberness | |
3. | gloom - an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" Synonyms: gloominess, glumness |