gloom
[noun]
Synonyms:
- darkness, blackness, dark, dusk, murk, obscurity, shade, shadow, twilight
- depression, dejection, despondency, low spirits, melancholy, sorrow, unhappiness, woe

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Antonyms: glee
Contrasted words: smile, bubble, effervesce, enthuse, sparkle, hilarity, jollity, mirth, gaiety, gladness
Related Words: brood, mope

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

gloom /ɡluːm/ noun [singular, uncountable]

1. literary almost complete darkness:
He peered into the gathering (=increasing) gloom.

2. a feeling of great sadness and lack of hope:
a time of high unemployment and economic gloom
⇒ doom and gloom at doom²

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

gloom
noun
I. sadness
ADJ. black, deep She was in deep gloom because not even a postcard had arrived from Ricky.
general | economic the general economic gloom
VERB + GLOOM be filled with, be sunk in, sink into He was sunk in deep gloom at the prospect of being alone. I sank into gloom and depression.
fill sb with The news filled me with gloom.
cast Rumours of his ill health cast gloom over the celebrations.
combat, dispel, lift efforts to dispel their gloom
GLOOM + VERB deepen, descend Their gloom deepened as the election results came in. She felt gloom descend on her shoulders.
lift When the gloom finally lifts, the pessimists will be surprised at how much has been going right.
PREP. in ~ The nation was deep in gloom.
~ about There is a general gloom about the farming industry.
PHRASES doom and gloom Despite falling demand, the year has not been all doom and gloom.
gloom and despondency the darkest feelings of gloom and despondency

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

gloom
II. darkness
ADJ. deep | deepening, descending, gathering He peered into the gathering gloom.
cold, damp, dingy | evening The fog looked ominous in the evening gloom.
VERB + GLOOM penetrate, pierce The sound of distant police whistles pierced the gloom.
adjust to, become/get accustomed to Slowly, my eyes became accustomed to the gloom.
peer into/through | be shrouded in The sun went in and the house was again shrouded in gloom.
GLOOM + VERB deepen, descend We sat and watched as the gloom descended.
PREP. in the ~ We lost sight of them in the gloom.
into the ~ The tram rattled off into the gloom.
out of the ~ Two figures materialized out of the gloom.
through the ~ She could see the house faintly through the gloom.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

gloom

be filled with gloom
She was filled with gloom as she looked around the place.
be sunk in gloom (=feel very sad and hopeless)
She made several attempts at conversation but the boy was sunk in gloom.
cast (a) gloom over something (=make people feel sad)
His ill health had cast a gloom over the Christmas holidays.
dispel/lift the gloom (=make people feel less sad)
Now for some good news to dispel the gloom.
gloom deepens (=people feel more sad)
The party's gloom deepened as the election results came in.
gloom lifts (=people stop feeling sad)
Germany's gloom lifted when Stallkamp scored a goal.
doom and gloom (=when there seems no hope)
The picture is not all doom and gloom - some tourist areas are still drawing in the crowds.
economic gloom
It was a year of economic gloom for the car industry.
deep gloom
There was deep gloom about the future.
a general gloom (=when many people feel there is not much hope)
Amid the general gloom, there are some positive signs.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲