Gloom

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.

II. Gloom ·noun In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.

III. Gloom ·vt To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

IV. Gloom ·vi To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to Glimmer.

V. Gloom ·noun Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

VI. Gloom ·noun Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.

VII. Gloom ·vt To render gloomy or dark; to Obscure; to Darken.

VIII. Gloom ·vi To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.

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