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Another word for gloom

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Noun

  1. A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

    See also:

    happy

    feelings

Verb

  1. To make dim or indistinct

    See also:

    clear

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Another word for gloom

Noun

  1. Heavy shade

    See also:

    darkness

  2. Heavy spirits

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • The news of his death cast a gloom over the whole empire.

  • His gloom had been increased by domestic misfortune.

  • The gloom was terrible.

  • It was no longer, as before, a dark, unseen river flowing through the gloom, but a dark sea swelling and gradually subsiding after a storm.

  • He now made up his mind to study the real wilderness in its gloom and vastness, and to meet face to face the dusky warriors of the Stone Age.

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