| 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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