Synonyms for gloom
glumgloom

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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. 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.

2. Manu:

   Single is every living creature born, Single he passes to another world, Single he eats the fruit of evil deeds, Single, the fruit of good; and when he leaves His body, like a log or heap of clay, Upon the ground, his kinsmen walk away: Virtue alone stays by him at the tomb, And bears him through the dreary, trackless gloom.

3. Brent Hansen:

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

4. Tim Persico:

   We are not afraid of these polling numbers, they are not gloom and doom ; they show a clear pathway to keeping White House. We have to be very clear about what the numbers say : We have incredible strengths. The Republicans have incredible weaknesses.

5. Wafaa Bassiouni:

   We are happy the gloom has now lifted, but we hope for acquittal, not just release. Nothing he has done deserves those 14 months in prison.