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Pronunciation : Gloom (gloom)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. glom twilight, from the root of E. glow. See Glow, and cf. Glum, Gloam.]
Definition : 1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.

2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. Tennyson .

3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. Burke.

4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.

Syn. -- Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See Darkness.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gloom
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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. The black gibbet glooms beside the way. Goldsmith. [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. Spenser.

i. [imp. & p. p. Gloomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glooming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gloom
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. Walpole. A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. Tennyson.

2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy. Tennison. What sorrows gloomed that parting day. Goldsmith.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913