GLOOM


Meaning of GLOOM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɡlu:m ]

n. & v. --n. 1 darkness; obscurity. 2 melancholy; despondency. 3 poet. a dark place. --v. 1 intr. be gloomy or melancholy; frown. 2 intr. (of the sky etc.) be dull or threatening; lour. 3 intr. appear darkly or obscurely. 4 tr. cover with gloom; make dark or dismal. [ME gloum(b)e, of unkn. orig.: cf. GLUM]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.