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.
Etymology: ME gloum(b)e, of unkn. orig.: cf. GLUM