noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
doom and gloom/gloom and doom (= bad things that may happen in the future )
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The newspapers are always full of doom and gloom.
doom and gloom/gloom and doom (= bad things that may happen in the future )
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The newspapers are always full of doom and gloom.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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Barely three months ago, deep gloom prevailed in Tokyo.
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The planet had faded into a deep gloom .
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De Quincey reported that these endless processions produced in him feelings of deep melancholy and gloom .
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And Chancellor Norman Lamont was last night accused of sunning himself as the economy sinks into deeper gloom .
economic
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Faced with economic doom and gloom , the average householder simply goes to the shops, according to a survey today.
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In a year of economic gloom for the car industry, it was a spectacular success.
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If you experience economic gloom , you should be able to find financial assistance because you are well placed astrologically in 1993.
gathering
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Rising to his feet, he touched the light switch, dispelling the gathering gloom , before striding through to his office.
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Back at the truck all was despondency in the gathering gloom .
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The prospects were pleasing even on this dismal day in the gathering gloom .
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As she approached, she could see three blue lights flashing in the gathering gloom .
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By four o'clock car sidelights were on, small-eyed in the gathering gloom .
■ VERB
cast
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One who would speak your name and seeks to know the woman in you! Cast off the glooms .
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The fact of the funeral cast a gloom upon the day.
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The Conservative Party was cast in gloom .
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Rumours of his ill-health had cast gloom over the previous weeks, and his presence - on foot - brought great applause.
deepen
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Barclays deepened the gloom with first-half profits collapsing from last year's £378million to £51million.
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For a change in their routine, he and Barnabas crossed the street and walked past Mitford Blossoms in the deepening gloom .
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That thought merely deepened her gloom and she floated on the water, wishing that Ana would come back.
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Snooker Mountjoy deepens Thorne's gloom .
peer
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In mounting dismay she peered into the gloom , the invidious nature of her position coming home to her with a vengeance.
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It was very easy to imagine eyes peering from the gloom , or strange beings creeping along the path behind them.
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Opening her eyes, she peered into the gloom .
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He strained his eyes peering into the gloom .
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He was peering into the gloom ahead.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He couldn't read in the dim gloom of the warehouse.
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There was a sense of gloom in the city after the team's loss.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A long-tailed, hawk-like bird emerged from the trees, dusky shape in the gloom .
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As my eyes accustomed to the gloom they began to make out details close by.
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Once, at lunch, Margarett complained about the gloom of her bedroom.
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She moved out of the sunlight that flooded in between the nettles and into the dank gloom of the main tunnel.
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The bumblebees are still foraging from the chokecherry blossoms in the gloom .
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The same sense of gloom and oppression.
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Then the pines closed ranks again, their tall red trunks glowing softly in the gloom of the afternoon.