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gloom
Part of speech: NounA partial darkness; obscurity; melancholy; depression; sadness; sullenness.
Part of speech: VerbTo be or become cloudy or partially dark; present a dismal aspect.
Part of speech: VerbTo make dark; deject or sadden.
Usage examples "gloom":- A great gloom seemed suddenly to fall over the Phantom. - "The Gray Phantom's Return", Herman Landon.
- She turned in the gloom and looked up at him. - "The Pastor's Wife", Elizabeth von Arnim.
- In a moment the train disappeared in the gloom, and Mrs. Maroney and Flora were kindly provided with an escort, in the person of Roch. - "The Expressman and the Detective", Allan Pinkerton.