Synonyms for gloom
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1. gloom

   Synonyms:
   blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow

   Antonyms:
   blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling

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1. gloom

   Synonyms:
   gloaming, twilight, obscurity, shadow, obscuration, dullness, cloudiness, cloud, dejection, sadness

   Antonyms:
   light, radiance, clearness, brightness, daylight

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1. gloom, somberness, sombrenessnoun

   a state of partial or total darkness

   "he struck a match to dispel the gloom"

   Synonyms:
   sombreness, graveness, gravity, glumness, gloominess, somberness, soberness, sobriety

2. gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombrenessnoun

   a feeling of melancholy apprehension

   Synonyms:
   sombreness, graveness, lugubriousness, gravity, glumness, gloominess, somberness, sadness, soberness, sobriety

3. gloom, gloominess, glumnessnoun

   an atmosphere of depression and melancholy

   "gloom pervaded the office"

   Synonyms:
   sombreness, lugubriousness, glumness, moroseness, gloominess, somberness, sadness, sullenness

Matched Categories

1. • Apprehension
   • Atmosphere
   • Melancholy
   • Semidarkness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. gloomnoun

   Synonyms:
   obscurity, darkness, dimness, gloominess, cloud

2. gloomnoun

   Synonyms:
   sadness, dejection, depression, despondency, melancholy, heaviness of mind, low spirits

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1. gloomnoun

   Synonyms:
   gloominess, shadow, melancholy, depression, dejection, despondency

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1. List of paraphrases for "gloom":

   pessimism, darkness, sadness, dark

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1. List of known nicknames for "Gloom":

   Bent Stamnes

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1. Herodotus:

   Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

2. Brent Hansen:

   That's obviously a big price increase for an industry that's a little bit doom-and-gloom over tariffs.

3. Allan Small:

   Everyone was predicting doom and gloom for the banks and look at them, four of the five raised dividends, yes, their loan loss provision are higher, but you've got to expect that.

4. Fox News:

   Obama had a message of, imagine what could happen in the future we could have if I were president. This is him saying, there wont be a future if me or a Democrat is not president, that is interesting to me because in 2016, the Democrats, Hillary Clinton and her campaign made things about attacking Trump and the doom and gloom situation if Trump were to be elected and they didnt win. It seems like Joe Bidens announcement was doing the same thing.

5. Kahlil Gibran:

   The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.