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Synonyms for gloom in English

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gloom:
- despondency; somberness; gloom; dejectedness; sombreness; gloominess; glumness
- gloom; gloomy atmosphere; gloomy mood; melancholy

English

Detailed Synonyms for gloom in English

gloom:

gloom [the ~] noun

the gloom
the despondency; the somberness; the gloom; the dejectedness; the sombreness
- despondency [the ~] noun
- somberness [the ~] noun, American
- gloom [the ~] noun
- dejectedness [the ~] noun
- sombreness [the ~] noun, British
the gloom

– a feeling of melancholy apprehension ¹
the gloom; the somberness; the gloominess; the sombreness
– a feeling of melancholy apprehension ¹
- gloom [the ~] noun
- somberness [the ~] noun, American
- gloominess [the ~] noun
- sombreness [the ~] noun, British
the gloom

– a state of partial or total darkness ¹
the gloom; the somberness; the sombreness
– a state of partial or total darkness ¹
- gloom [the ~] noun
  - he struck a match to dispel the gloom¹
- somberness [the ~] noun, American
- sombreness [the ~] noun, British
the gloom

– an atmosphere of depression and melancholy ¹
the gloom; the gloominess; the glumness
– an atmosphere of depression and melancholy ¹
- gloom [the ~] noun
  - gloom pervaded the office¹
- gloominess [the ~] noun
- glumness [the ~] noun

gloom

gloom
gloom; gloomy atmosphere; gloomy mood
gloom
gloom; melancholy
- gloom
- melancholy

Alternate Synonyms for "gloom":

somberness; sombreness; semidarkness
gloominess; melancholy; apprehension; apprehensiveness; dread
glumness; atmosphere; ambiance; ambience

Related Definitions for "gloom":

a feeling of melancholy apprehension¹
a state of partial or total darkness¹
- he struck a match to dispel the gloom¹
an atmosphere of depression and melancholy¹
- gloom pervaded the office¹

Related Synonyms for gloom

cast a gloom over

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