1. Noun
Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.
2. Noun
A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.
3. Noun
Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
4. Noun
In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.
5. Verb
To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
6. Verb
To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.
7. Verb
To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
8. Verb
To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
9. Noun
a feeling of melancholy apprehension
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
10. Noun
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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