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to gloom

to gloom

1 5.4
To make people or places feel sad
  • verb
  • /ɡlum/
translation icon : oscurecer
  • But hopefully we're playing the seats and then they gloom like later on down the road because we all want to please and impress the people we love the most.

Examples

  • Then what do you think about the ever-glooming south?

    Raintree County (1957)

  • Carl gloomed about the house, but he appeared to be the least affected.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I'm watching you gloom in the shower, holding your breath in your hands to smoke explosion.

  • ♪ Some people gloom ♪ Other folk cry ♪

    Donnie Brasco (1997)

  • Settra the better," gloomed Traz.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • We can't get anyplace sitting around like a bunch of crows glooming.

    Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

  • Now, as I might have predicted, he gloomed around doing his imitation of a recyclable while she ran the show, preening like a Code Blue.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • "Meantime, while Bromios gloomed and glowered and the soothsayers congratulated each other, a clerk named Lucian went about his duties in the royal counting house.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • As the storm approached, she gloomed over the thought of canceling the picnic.

  • Despite the sunny day, he gloomed, feeling heavy-hearted about his recent breakup.

Synonyms

to darken
vsto gloom
63 3.3

Make or become less bright, for example a room

is the same idea but also names general sadness or depressed feeling
to depress
vsto gloom
32 4.1

To make someone feel sad and lose hope

can also mean becoming less bright or generally gloomy beyond mood
to cast a pall
vsto gloom
4 8.2

Make a meeting or event feel gloomy and sad

is more about causing an individual's sadness or actual loss of light
to get glumpy
vsto gloom
  • UK
9.9

To feel sad and moody

is stronger and may describe deeper sadness or physical dimming too
darkening
vsto gloom
3.4

Becoming less light as evening comes or clouds gather

also covers turning into sadness or a depressed state, not only light loss
darkened
vsto gloom
3.4

A place with less light than usual

extends that notion to include making or becoming sad and gloomy

Antonyms

to illuminate
52 4.1

To make something bright or visible with light

to brighten
5 2.1

To become less cloudy with more light

Idioms

to chase away the gloom
5.5

Make someone feel less sad and more cheerful

How Sad

to devastate
221 4.9
to depress
32 4.1
to gloom
1 5.4
to sadden
76 2.3
to dampen
16 4.4

Surface Forms

gloom infinitive
gloomed past
gloomed past participle
glooming present participle
glooms third person singular

Etymology

Gloom is linked to the old English glom, meaning 'twilight' or 'darkness', so you can picture clouds or evening making things darker and colder. That's why to gloom is to make or become dark or sad.