gloom

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”), from Proto-West Germanic *glōm, from Proto-Germanic *glōmaz (“gleam, shimmer, sheen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). The English word is cognate with Norwegian glom (“transparent membrane”), Scots gloam (“twilight; faint light; dull gleam”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡluːm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɡlum/ Rhymes: -uːm === Noun === gloom (usually uncountable, plural glooms) Darkness, dimness, or obscurity. A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gloam ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gloom (third-person singular simple present glooms, present participle glooming, simple past and past participle gloomed) (intransitive) To be dark or gloomy. (intransitive) To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent. Synonyms: grieve, mourn; see also Thesaurus:be sad (transitive) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. (transitive) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.