Word Definition

Gloom

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