gloom
/ɡlum/
verb
- To look or feel sad and without hope.
- She gloomed over her lost opportunity for weeks.
- Don't just gloom in your room; come talk to us.
- He gloomed about the house all day after hearing the news.
- To make a place dark or gloomy.
- The tall buildings gloom the narrow streets below.
- Smoke from the fire gloomed the entire valley.
- Thick clouds gloomed the sky before the storm.
noun
- A feeling of sadness or hopelessness.
- A cloud of gloom settled over the team after they lost the championship.
- She couldn't shake the gloom that followed her after the bad news.
- The rainy weather added to the general gloom in the house.
- Almost complete darkness; deep shadow.
- We could barely see through the gloom of the foggy forest.
- A single candle barely lit the gloom of the basement.
- The old castle was filled with gloom and mystery.
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