Gloom word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "gloom" word

[noun] a feeling of melancholy apprehension
[noun] a state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispell the gloom"
[noun] an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"

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\Gloom\ (gl[=oo]m), n. [AS. gl[=o]m twilight, from the root of E. glow. See {Glow}, and cf. {Glum}, {Gloam}.] 1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight. 2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. --Tennyson . 3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. --Burke. 4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven. Syn: Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See {Darkness}.
\Gloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glooming}.] 1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer. 2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. The black gibbet glooms beside the way. --Goldsmith. [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. --Spenser.
\Gloom\, v. t. 1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. --Walpole. A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. --Tennyson. 2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy. --Tennison. What sorrows gloomed that parting day. --Goldsmith.

Synonyms for gloom

gloominess, gloominess, glumness, somberness, somberness, sombreness

Related terms: adumbrate, begloom, black out, bleakness, brown, cloudiness, darken, dejection, doldrums, look black, lower, make a moue, mere shadow, mope, murkiness, occult, occultate, overcloud, overshadow, shade, shadowiness, skiagraph

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Let's analyse "gloom" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: MOOLG. Average typing speed for these characters is 1340 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: gloom: 6 + 6 = 12, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: gloom: 7 + 3 + 6 + 6 + 4 = 26, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
G (1)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
O (2)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter

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