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Definitions for Gloom

[1] total or partial darkness; dimness.
[2] a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits.
[3] a despondent or depressed look or expression.
[4] to appear or become dark, dim, or somber.
[5] to look sad, dismal, or dejected; frown.
[6] to fill with gloom; make gloomy or sad; sadden.
[7] to make dark or somber.
[8] the blues; melancholy (usually preceded by the ).
[9] partial or total darkness
[10] a state of depression or melancholy
[11] an appearance or expression of despondency or melancholy
[12] poetic a dim or dark place
[13] (intr) to look sullen or depressed
[14] to make or become dark or gloomy

Words related to Gloom

doldrums, malaise, foreboding, sorrow, pessimism, bitterness, weariness, grief, sadness, despair, misery, woe, discouragement, anguish, horror, shadow, cloud, distress, blues, unhappiness

Words nearby Gloom

glomus, glomus choroideum, glomus jugulare, glomus jugulare tumor, glomus tumor, gloom, gloom and doom, glooms, gloomy, gloop, glooscap

Origin of Gloom

sFirst recorded in 1735–45; see origin at gloom, -s3

Other words from Gloom

gloom·ful , adjective
gloom·ful·ly , adverb
gloom·less , adjective
out·gloom , verb (used with object)
un·der·gloom , noun
un·gloom , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Gloom

C14 gloumben to look sullen; related to Norwegian dialect glome to eye suspiciously

Synonyms for Gloom

anguish, bitterness, despair, discouragement, doldrums, foreboding, grief, horror, malaise, misery, pessimism, sadness, sorrow, weariness, woe, blues, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, despondency, disconsolateness, distress, dolor, downheartedness, dullness, dumps, heaviness, misgiving, mopes, morbidity, mourning, oppression, pensiveness, unhappiness, vexation, blue devils, blue funk, dismals, heavy-heartedness, low spirits, saturninity