GLOOM

gloom. Gloom, n. darkness, cloudiness, heaviness

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Gloom (glo͞om), n. [[AS. glōm twilight, from the root of E. glow. See Glow, and cf. Glum, Gloam.]] 1. 1. Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.
2. 2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.
Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. Tennyson . 3. 3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. Burke. 4. 4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.
Syn. — Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See Darkness.