gloom

IPA: gɫˈum

Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.
Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.

Examples of "gloom" in Sentences

He is not purveying gloom and doom.
The news is full of doom and gloom.
The Sabbath was a day of intolerable gloom.
The dispersal of Northern gloom assured Pres.
His thoughts drifted to gloom and misanthropy.
Then gloom descends on the disconsolate natives.
Opacity and gloom do not dare to counter the dawn.
The prayers of the Daimoku are to disperse this gloom.
The death of gloom is supposed to resurrect happiness.
They inhabit the unilluminated gloom of the upper canvas.
Who needs to soak themselves in gloom and cynicism and fighting?
Well, it was not with the idea of castin 'gloom over this merry gatherin'.
I don't want to hear more doom and gloom from the Republicans, I want their alternative plan with a cost estimate.
Likewise, he wants to stay away from what he calls the "gloom," saying it's almost too easy to tell the story of Detroit's decline through moving images.
My question to you Bo, besides the doom and gloom is this: what is your proposed solution to this mess besides another World War to clear up energy consumers? nick Says:
The silence of gloom is merciful, shrouding one as with protection and breathing a thousand intangible sympathies; but the bright White Silence, clear and cold, under steely skies, is pitiless.