gloom

1 a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispell the gloom" [syn: somberness, sombreness]

2 a feeling of melancholy apprehension [syn: gloominess, somberness]

3 an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" [syn: gloominess, glumness]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

1. darkness, dimness or obscurity
2. a melancholy, depressing or despondent atmosphere

Translations

Gloom may refer to:

• Gloom, a melancholy, depressing or despondent atmosphere
• Gloom (game), a Doom clone for the Amiga computer
• Gloom (Pokémon), a fictional species in the pokémon franchise
• Gloom (X-Men), a fictional student character in the X-Men comics
• Fog, a weather condition

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