Gloom
Definitions
- 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.
Equivalents
Examples
“the gloom of a forest, or of midnight”
“Here was a surprise⟳, and a sad one for me, for I perceived that I had slept away a day, and that the sun was setting for another night. And yet it mattered little, for night or daytime there was no light⟳ to help⟳ me in this horrible place⟳; and though my eyes had grown accustomed to the gloom, I could make⟳ out nothing to show⟳ me where to work⟳.”
“On December 13, Maritime-liveried 66051 powers out of the early morning gloom with three repatriated Class 66s, on the 0809 Dollands Moor Sidings-Scunthorpe Redbourne Siding.”
“A sudden little river crossed my path / As unexpected as a serpent comes. / No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms— / This, as it frothed by, might have⟳ been a bath / For the fiend's glowing hoof—to see⟳ the wrath / Of its black eddy bespate with flakes and spumes.”
“Although it's always crowded You still can find⟳ some room For broken-hearted lovers To cry⟳ there in their gloom.”
“A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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