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Definitions for Glooms

[1] the blues; melancholy (usually preceded by the ).
[2] total or partial darkness; dimness.
[3] a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits.
[4] a despondent or depressed look or expression.
[5] to appear or become dark, dim, or somber.
[6] to look sad, dismal, or dejected; frown.
[7] to fill with gloom; make gloomy or sad; sadden.
[8] to make dark or somber.
[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 Glooms

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

Words nearby Glooms

glomus jugulare, glomus jugulare tumor, glomus tumor, gloom, gloom and doom, glooms, gloomy, gloop, glooscap, glop, gloppy

Origin of Glooms

1300–50; Middle English gloumben, glomen to frown, perhaps representing Old English *glūmian (akin to early German gläumen to make turbid); see glum

Other words from Glooms

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 Glooms

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

Synonyms for Glooms

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