NOUN | state | gloom, somberness, sombreness | a state of partial or total darkness |
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feeling | gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness | a feeling of melancholy apprehension | |
state | gloom, gloominess, glumness | an atmosphere of depression and melancholy |
Sounds | gluw'm | |
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Rhymes | abloom ... zoom: 56 rhymes with uwm... |
Meaning | A state of partial or total darkness. | |
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Example | "he struck a match to dispel the gloom" | |
Synonyms | somberness, sombreness | |
Broader | semidarkness | partial darkness |
Spanish | oscuridad | |
Catalan | fosca, foscor, foscúria | |
Adjectives | gloomy | depressingly dark |
Meaning | A feeling of melancholy apprehension. | |
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Synonyms | gloominess, somberness, sombreness | |
Broader | apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread | fearful expectation or anticipation |
melancholy | A feeling of thoughtful sadness | |
Spanish | pesimismo | |
Catalan | pessimisme |
Meaning | An atmosphere of depression and melancholy. | |
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Example | "gloom pervaded the office" | |
Synonyms | gloominess, glumness | |
Narrower | bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness | A bleak / bleak and desolate atmosphere |
cloud | A cause of worry or gloom or trouble | |
Broader | atmosphere, ambiance, ambience | A particular environment or surrounding influence |
Spanish | lobreguez, oscuridad, penumbra, tenebrosidad | |
Catalan | foscam, foscor, foscúria, obscuritat, penumbra, tenebrositat |
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