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gloom

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/ ɡlum /

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 doom 2

Front	gloom
Back	/ ɡlum / 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 doom 2

Gloom ɡlum Noun Singular Uncountable Literary Complete Darkness