Word Meaning

gloom definition and meaning

n. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.
n. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.
n. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
n. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.
v. i. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
v. i. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.
v. t. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
v. t. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

Crossword clues for gloom

- Darkness
- Melancholy
- Partial darkness